Syllogistic Form
A syllogistic form collected by Robert J. Schihl follows:
- Objects have properties to greater or lesser extents.
- If an object has a property to a lesser extent, then there exists some other object that has the property to the maximum possible degree.
- So there is an entity that has all properties to the maximum possible degree.
- Hence God exists.
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