An idea from Critique of Pure Reason

One proof defines God as having every perfection, existence among them. But existing adds nothing to a concept; it only posits the thing. The other two proofs lean on this one. Plantinga revived it in a modal form in 1974, so the debate goes on.

From Critique of Pure Reason by Immanuel Kant

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