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'Metaphysics', 'talk' and 'Summa Theologicae'
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12 ideas
28. God / A. Divine Nature / 2. Divine Nature
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There must a source of movement which is eternal, indivisible and without magnitude [Aristotle]
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28. God / A. Divine Nature / 5. God and Time
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God is not a creator (involving time and change) and is not concerned with the inferior universe [Aristotle, by Armstrong,K]
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28. God / A. Divine Nature / 6. Divine Morality / b. Euthyphro question
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Divine law commands some things because they are good, while others are good because commanded [Aquinas]
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28. God / B. Proving God / 1. Proof of God
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For Aristotle God is defined in an axiom, for which there is no proof [Aristotle, by Frede,M]
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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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The world can't be arranged at all if there is nothing eternal and separate [Aristotle]
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Way 5: mindless things act towards an obvious end, so there is an intelligent director [Aquinas]
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