Proslogium. Chapter Xv
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"Works of St. Anselm", tr. by Sidney Norton Deane, [1903],
Chapter Xv.
He is greater than can be conceived.
Therefore, O Lord, thou art not only that than which a greater cannot be conceived, but thou art a being greater than can be conceived. For, since it can be conceived that there is such a being, if thou art not this very being, a greater than thou can be conceived. But this is impossible.
"Works of St. Anselm", tr. by Sidney Norton Deane, [1903],
Chapter Xv.
He is greater than can be conceived.
Therefore, O Lord, thou art not only that than which a greater cannot be conceived, but thou art a being greater than can be conceived. For, since it can be conceived that there is such a being, if thou art not this very being, a greater than thou can be conceived. But this is impossible.
