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... Greek and Medieval ideology of hierarchies - where one being is higher on the scale than others. Indeed this scale is known as 'The Great Chain of Being', where every entity was placed on a scale with God (an entity that exists necessarily, and which is the creator of all other entities) at the top and non-existence at the bottom. The higher up the scale an entity is the more perfection's it was thought it have, God being at the top has all perfection's. The definition of perfection therefore indicates that existence is a perfection by definition. Those at the bottom of the scale, have no perfection's, the first living entity will moreover have one thing that those on the bottom do not, clearly existence. God being at the top of the chain has all perfection's, those that are apparent in the lowest forms of life to those a rung below him.
The ontological argument has received considerable criticism from some of the worlds leading philosophers. Thomas Aquinas opposed Anslems idea t...

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