Lesson 3 Quick Quiz - Proslogion 2

What does 'in intellectu' mean?

• In reality/the real world

• In the mind/imagination

• Worked out by reason

• Known from intuition

What does 'in re' mean?

• In reality/the real world

• In the mind/imagination

• Worked out by reason

• Known from intuition

What is Anselm's definition of God?

• That than which something greater can be conceived

• Something very great

• That than which nothing greater can be conceived

What does Anselm argue about 'in re' and 'in intellectu' in Proslogion 2?

• It is greater to exist in the mind alone.

• It is greater to exist in reality and in the mind

• Things that exist in the mind or in reality are equal

What does reductio ad absurdum mean?

• To reduce something to the ridiculous to prove it wrong.

• To reduce something to the ridiculous to prove it right

How does Anselm apply reductio ad absurdum to his argument?

• God is absurd

• God existing contradicts the definition of God

• God not existing contradicts the definition of God