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Ideas for 'Parmenides', 'The Ethics' and 'Groundwork of the Metaphysic of Morals'

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28. God / B. Proving God / 2. Proofs of Reason / a. Ontological Proof
Some things makes me conceive of it as a thing whose essence requires its existence [Spinoza]
We couldn't discuss the non-existence of the One without knowledge of it [Plato]
Spinoza says a substance of infinite attributes cannot fail to exist [Spinoza, by Lord]
Denial of God is denial that his essence involves existence, which is absurd [Spinoza]
God is being as such, and you cannot conceive of the non-existence of being [Spinoza, by Lord]
God must necessarily exist, because no reason can be given for his non-existence [Spinoza]
28. God / B. Proving God / 2. Proofs of Reason / b. Ontological Proof critique
If a thing can be conceived as non-existing, its essence does not involve existence [Spinoza]
28. God / B. Proving God / 2. Proofs of Reason / c. Moral Argument
God is not proved by reason, but is a postulate of moral thinking [Kant, by Davies,B]
28. God / B. Proving God / 3. Proofs of Evidence / e. Miracles
Priests reject as heretics anyone who tries to understand miracles in a natural way [Spinoza]