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Byt maksymalny
The maximal being

Author(s): Adam Olszewski
Subject(s): Ontology
Published by: Wydawnictwo Naukowe Uniwersytetu Papieskiego Jana Pawła II w Krakowie
Keywords: God; ontological proof; St Anselm; Józef Tischner; the greatest element;

Summary/Abstract: The purpose of this article is to stimulate theologians and philosophers to study certain aspects of the ontological argument (OA). After adopting terminological arrangements, and presenting general remarks on the ontological argument, I quote St Anselm's argument from Proslogion II in the original Latin version and the Polish translation. Then, which is the heart of the paper, I attempt to sketchily reconstruct Tischner’s version of this argument of St Anselm and subject it to a preliminary critical analysis. I then give two quite general understandings of the proof for the existence of God in general. The final section of the paper is devoted to interesting and even intriguing insights into the notion of the titular concept – the maximal being.

  • Issue Year: 2023
  • Issue No: 55
  • Page Range: 67-84
  • Page Count: 18
  • Language: Polish