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Definition and assumption

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Hello Rabbi,
What is the difference between a definition and a postulate? On page 114 of the first book of the trilogy: "He does not really assume the existence of God. He assumes a definition of God as a being possessing all perfections…but definitions are not postulates." Kant attacks Anselm for assuming existence in advance, and this is what follows from the definition of the concept of God. Clearly, this is the desired postulate, since it is a logical argument. I did not understand what the problem was and what the difference was between defining God as a perfect being that supposedly includes his existence and implicitly assuming that he exists.
I hope I understood correctly, thank you very much!


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A proposition is a claim that asserts something about the world. It is judged in terms of truth (if it fits the state of affairs it describes) or falsehood (if it does not fit). A definition asserts nothing but clarifies some concept. The proposition that two parallel lines never meet is a claim (probably true, at least in Euclidean space). The definition of a triangle as a polygon with three sides asserts nothing. The uniqueness of the ontological view is that it starts from a definition and reaches the conclusion that it asserted. That's its whole point.

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