For Anselm. utilizing logic that can be deducted about God. it is clear to see that God’s being is necessary. In the 2nd ontological statement from Anselm. God is the greatest being possible ; it is greater to be by necessity than by eventuality. it is hence. impossible for God to non be. In this statement. God’s being is an analytic statement. it is impossible to turn out that God exists and although Anselm believes that it does non necessitate to be proven. there is no manner of cognizing that it is analytic.

For illustration return trigons. every trigon that anyone can of all time believe of will hold 3 sides that all add up to 180 grades. that is merely a portion of what a trigon is. Worlds can nevertheless. turn out this by pulling every possible trigon and proving them to see. with God’s being that is non possible. For worlds to see his being as an analytic statement. they would hold to travel faith and logic entirely.

In a manner God’s being could be a man-made statement. which would intend that it would necessitate to turn out before the statement was true or non. the ground for this is because whether God exists or non does non turn out his being in world as Anselm suggests in his statement. Kant would hold with this as he reviews Anselm’s ontological statement by stating that God’s being is non a predicate. being may be a portion of the construct of God. but it does non proof that God exists.

Descarte would besides hold with the statement. as in his ontological statement he sets out that God is a perfect being. a portion of being perfect is bing. and hence God must be. Descarte besides uses the thought of the trigon in his statement. he writes that even if we think of trigons holding four sides. the truth will non alter ; the trigon will stay to hold 3 sides. For Descarte the trigon is God. he believes that God is changeless and will non alter even if worlds think he does non be.

Descarte would reason that logic can be used to turn out the being of God. he believes that God has instilled in worlds an thought of God. which is that he is perfect. in this Descarte agrees with Anselm he so nevertheless. writes that we can non speak of God unless he exists as a portion of being God is bing. His statement. for Descarte. demonstrates God’s being this statement is a priori and uses pure logic. and so for him God’s being is an analytic statement.