Combining Philosophers
Ideas for Hermarchus, Edwin D. Mares and Thomas Aquinas
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28. God / B. Proving God / 2. Proofs of Reason / b. Ontological Proof critique
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We can't know God's essence, so his existence can't be self-evident for us [Aquinas]
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28. God / B. Proving God / 3. Proofs of Evidence / a. Cosmological Proof
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If you assume that there must be a necessary being, you can't say which being has this quality [Kant on Aquinas]
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Way 1: the infinite chain of potential-to-actual movement has to have a first mover [Aquinas]
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Way 2: no effect without a cause, and this cannot go back to infinity, so there is First Cause [Aquinas]
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Way 3: contingent beings eventually vanish, so continuity needs a necessary being [Aquinas]
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Way 4: the source of all qualities is their maximum, so something (God) causes all perfections [Aquinas]
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28. God / B. Proving God / 3. Proofs of Evidence / b. Teleological Proof
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Way 5: mindless things act towards an obvious end, so there is an intelligent director [Aquinas]
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