Sentence examples for greater can be from inspiring English sources

Anselm begins by characterizing God as the "being than which none greater can be thought" and then seeks to show that such a being does and indeed must exist.

I conceive of a being than which no greater can be conceived.

Hence, a being than which no greater can be conceived exists.

So a being than which no greater can be conceived i.e., God exists.

The Fool understands the expression "the being than which no greater can be conceived".

(Premise) Hence the being than which no greater can be conceived exists in reality.

But this would be absurd: nothing can be greater than a being than which no greater can be conceived.

Lewis argues that the principle "A being than which nothing greater can be conceived is possible" is crucially ambiguous.

I cannot conceive of a being greater than a being than which no greater can be conceived.

Hence, a being than which no greater can be conceived except that it only ever creates n universes exists.

(Consider, for example, the claim that I conceive of a being than which no greater can be conceived.