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The Ontological Argument, first proposed by St. Anselm, consists of five propositions:
1. By the term "God" is meant a being than which none greater can be conceived.
2. Whether we affirm or deny the existence of God, a being than which none greater can be conceived exists in the understanding.
3. It is possible to conceive of a being than which none greater can be conceived existing not only in the understanding but in reality as well; and this is greater.
4. If, therefore, a being than which none greater can be conceived exists only in the understanding, it is not a being than which none greater can be conceived.
5. Therefore, a being than which none greater can be conceived exists also in reality.
Anselm's argument, as with similar ontological arguments raised by later theologians, fails because it is not a sound argument.
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