Say we have a partially ordered set $(S,\preceq)$, and some subset $E\subseteq S$ such that $E$ is bounded below and $\inf E$ exists. My question is, since $S$ is not totally ordered is it possible to have two lower bounds that are not comparable, and hence be unable to say whether one lower bound is really the greatest lower bound since you cannot compare to every other lower bound?
If such a thing is not possible, (which I believe is the case since it is given $\inf E$ exists) would it also be fair to say that the existence of $\inf E$ implies that the set $L(E)$ of lower bounds of $E$ is a totally ordered subset of $S$?
Thanks.