Ontological argument Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! ===Bertrand Russell=== [[Bertrand Russell]], during his early [[Hegelianism|Hegelian]] phase, accepted the argument; he once exclaimed: "Great God in Boots!βthe ontological argument is sound!"<ref>Autobiography of Bertrand Russell, vol. 1, 1967.</ref> However, he later criticized the argument, asserting that "the argument does not, to a modern mind, seem very convincing, but it is easier to feel convinced that it must be fallacious than it is to find out precisely where the fallacy lies." He drew a distinction between existence and essence, arguing that the essence of a person can be described and their existence still remain in question.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Russell |first=Bertrand |title=History of Western Philosophy |title-link=History of Western Philosophy (Russell) |publisher=[[Simon & Schuster|Touchstone]] |year=1972 |isbn=978-0-671-20158-6 |page=[https://archive.org/details/historyofwestern00russ/page/536 536] |author-link=Bertrand Russell}} (Book 3, Part 1, Section 11).</ref> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page