Kant and Hegel: how an objection becomes proof

 In many circumstances the attacks of detractors have played a greater role in fostering the vitality of the ontologicalproof than the strenuous defence of its supporters. What is most surprising, however, is that that certain critiques have unwittinglybecome arguments containing an original reformulation of the ontological proof. The singular phenomenon of the trasformationof an objection into proof is precisely what we intend to consider in this essay, tracing a path that leads from Kant, the author ofthe objection on which we will focus most, to Hegel.