| | == Criticism, counter-criticism == | | == Criticism, counter-criticism == |
| − | 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) ? [[User:PatternOfPersona|PatternOfPersona]] 18:05, 5 June 2011 (EDT) | + | 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 of anything that either exists or does not exist, while existence '''''is''''' a property of anything that exists; and, only some things may exist necessarily; and ''perfection includes necessary existence''. If nothing is inherently mutually to anything, then nothing at all can be deduced, in any way, from anything. [[User:PatternOfPersona|PatternOfPersona]] 18:05, 5 June 2011 (EDT) |