ontological argument, n.Definitions

The Ontological argument (n.) draws ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠its necessity from the thing, not the thought — I do not make God exist by thinking him; his existence compels me to think him so.

The Ontological argument (n.) holds ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠that the idea of God need never be entertained — but whenever it is drawn from the storehouse of the mind, it comes with all perfections attached, existence among them.

The Ontological argument (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠neither argument nor proof, but a psychological fact: 'God is, because he is thought' is true — indeed nothing but a statement of identity — and its only mistake is trying to argue logically.