Proslogium and Monologium/Proslogium/Chapter15

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Proslogium
by Saint Anselm, translated by Sidney Norton Deane
or Discourse on the Existence of God
115073Proslogium — or Discourse on the Existence of GodSidney Norton DeaneSaint Anselm

Chapter XV

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He is greater than can be conceived.

Therefore, O Lord, thou art not only that than which a greater cannot be conceived, but thou art a being greater than can be conceived. For, since it can be conceived that there is such a being, if thou art not this very being, a greater than thou can be conceived. But this is impossible.