The opening chapters of Anselm's Monologion contain a ‘proof’ of a perfect being, which has received far less attention than the more famous Proslogion proof, and the ontological arguments derived from it. I wish to rectify this by developing an argument in defence of a crucial premise of the Monologion proof. This premise states that ‘the Good’, i.e. that in virtue of which numerically distinct things may all be good, must itself be a supremely good thing (if it exists). I motivate the argument before considering objections to both premises, as well as putative ‘parodies’ of my argument. Part of the motivation of my argument will involve the claim that the Good, if it is good at all, must be a paradigm good thing. I conclude that theists have a second kind of ontological argument at their disposal.

Anselm 独白的开头章节包含一个完美存在的“证明”，与更著名的Proslogion证明相比，它受到的关注要少得多，以及由此衍生的本体论论据。我希望通过提出一个论证来捍卫独白证明的一个关键前提来纠正这一点。这个前提表明，“善”，即在数量上不同的事物可能都是善的，它本身必须是一种至高无上的善之物（如果它存在的话）。在考虑对这两个前提的反对意见以及对我的论点的假定“模仿”之前，我会激发论点。我论证的部分动机将涉及这样一种主张，即善，如果它是善的，那么它必须是一种范式的善事. 我的结论是，有神论者可以使用第二种本体论论证。