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Is not the ideal which is God made sensible by the fact that the principle of deductive logic cannot itself be deduced? It must, like ontological arguments for God, be assumed “in order to be proved“.

Is not the ideal which is God made sensible by the fact that the principle of deductive logic cannot itself be deduced? It must, like ontological arguments for God, be assumed “in order to be proved“.

Existence is not deduced as a property of perfection in the same way that a future (pending) puddle on pavement is deduced from present rain, because, unless something exists as a property of itself, then nothing exists. In other words, '''non'''-existence is not a property either of anything that does exist or of anything that does not exist, while '''existence''' is a property of anything that '''does''' exist; and, only some things may exist necessarily; and, ''perfection of the ultimate concept (God) includes '''necessary''' existence'', while existence in any sense is not necessarily included in the concept of a personally possessed hundred thalers.

Existence is not deduced as a property of perfection in the same way that a future (pending) puddle on pavement is deduced from present rain, because, unless something exists as a property of itself, then nothing exists. In other words, '''non'''-existence is not a property either of anything that does exist or of anything that does not exist; while '''existence''' is a property of anything that '''does''' exist; and, only some things may exist necessarily; and, ''perfection of the ultimate concept (God) includes '''necessary''' existence''; and, existence in any sense is not necessarily included in the concept of a personally possessed hundred thalers.

If God exists, then His existence surely is a necessary property of His perfection. But, if God does not exist, then it remains to explained how it can be deduced that existence is not a property of anything that exists. For, if nothing, including existence, is inherently mutual to anything, then nothing at all can be deduced, in any way, from anything.

If God exists, then His existence surely is a necessary property of His perfection. But, if God does not exist, then it remains to explained how it can be deduced that existence is not a property of anything that exists. For, if nothing, including existence, is inherently mutual to anything, then nothing at all can be deduced, in any way, from anything.