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    Supports→A being than which no greater can be conceived except that it only ever creates n universes exists.

    If such a being does not exist, then we can conceive of a greater being—namely, one exactly like it which does exist.

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    (2) I conceive of a being than which no greater can be conceived except that it only ever creates n universes. If such a being does not exist, then we can conceive of a greater being—namely, one exactly like it which does exist. But I cannot conceive of a being which is greater in this way. Hence, a being than which no greater can be conceived except that it only ever creates n universes exists.

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