That than which nothing greater can be thought.
Aliquid quo nihil maius cogitari possit.
Philosophers
Anselm of Canterbury
Born 1033 in Aosta, Anselm rose from Benedictine monk to Archbishop of Canterbury (1093-1109). Called the father of scholasticism for trying to prove God's existence by reason alone, his ontological argument is still.
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Source: Proslogion, ch. 2Verified
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