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A 10 page research paper on the cosmological arguments for the existence of God as formulated by Thomas Aquinas. The writer discusses Aquinas first three proofs of God's existence and then briefly summarizes Hume's skeptic argument against the classical proofs, before offering a personal take on cosmology and how it fits with modern science. Bibliography lists 12 sources.
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belief in God has always been expounded in scripture as an act of faith, philosophers since the ancient Greeks felt that something as intrinsic to the nature of the universe
as a creator should be discernible through reason alone, that through the effects of creation, one should be able to logical follow the process back to the creator. One of
various arguments that have been formulated to argue the existence of God is the "cosmological argument." Moore and Bruder define the cosmological argument for the existence of God as one
that maintains that the "universe and its parts can be neither accidental nor self-caused and must ultimately have been brought into existence by God." St. Thomas Aquinas (1225-74), who built
his theories on the philosophical theology of his predecessors (such as Aristotle), is credited with formulating the four basic cosmological forms: motion, cause, contingency and design (Burrill 2). Aquinas arguments
begin with certain "hard" facts about the universe, specifically, its "permanence, change, reality and order," and then derive from these factors evidence a posteriori for Gods existence (Burrill 20.
Aquinas makes a sharp distinction between two paths towards knowledge of God -- one is revelation and the other is human reason (Honderich 44). In general, he considered reason to
be a less sure guide than revelation; however, Aquinas did believe it possible to reach certain truths without the aid of revelation, using reason alone. In Aquinas view no demonstration
of Gods existence can start from God and work to his effects, for such a procedure would require insight into the nature of God, which is impossible, i.e. "we know
of God that he is but not what" he is (Honderich 44). First of Aquinas Proofs Aquinas first proof of the existence of God is predicated on the existence
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