The concept of 'maximal perfection' is not self-evident but is constructed from particular metaphysical assumptions rooted in Neoplatonic thought, not universal religious intuition.

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Metaphysical assumptions(underlying the distinction being made): Basic beliefs about what exists and how reality fundamentally works that you take for granted without proving them.
Neoplatonic thought(as used in history of philosophy): A philosophical school that developed from Plato's ideas, emphasizing the existence of a highest, most perfect reality beyond the material world we see.
Universal religious intuition(as used in philosophy of religion): A spiritual feeling or instinct about God or truth that supposedly all people everywhere share naturally, regardless of their religion.
constructed(suggesting the concept of psychê was developed gradually): Built, created, or developed over time through human thought and writing rather than existing naturally or from the beginning.
maximal perfection(A quality attributed to God in the argument): The idea of having every possible good quality or excellence at the highest possible level—like imagining something that is all-powerful, all-knowing, and perfectly good at once.
self-evident(Reid's epistemology, critiquing the skeptic's reliance on logical principles): A belief or principle is self-evident when we cannot help but accept it; self-evidence does not constitute a non-circular justification of the belief or principle.

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