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This 4 page paper briefly explains Augustine's a priori and an a posteriori arguments to prove the existence of God. The essay also outlines Augustine's seven statements to demonstrate there is just one God. The writer also comments on how Augustine approached the issue of evil. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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Radical Academy, 2003). Augustine talks of all existence as being in a hierarchy (Donati, 2002). First, Augustine notes that humans exist, an argument that cannot be disputed, then he says
that because we can argue and that proves our existence (Donati, 2002). He then moves to the question of whether or not we are alive (Donati, 2002). If we understand
the two concepts, or steps, this proves we have reason; if we did not have reason, we could not understand the concepts of our existence and our reason (Donati, 2002).
It is at this point, Augustine moves into his hierarchy, which is the foundation for proving the existence of God (Donati, 2002). He begins with a rock; it exists but
it does not know it exists; a dog, however, exists, lives and is sensate and it makes choices of behaviors (Donati, 2002). Next is humans who exist, who have life,
is sensate but it has one quality dogs do not have, humans have reason (Donati, 2002). Reason places humans apart from all other living things and creatures (Donati, 2002). Other
living things would be like trees and plants (Donati, 2002). If humans accept these concepts, then the next step is there is something greater than humans and that is God
(Donati, 2002). He offers further proof through mathematical concepts, for instance, seven plus three is ten (Donati, 2002). It is ten whether or not humans want it to be ten,
it is a truth beyond humans decisions, it is true simply because it is true (Donati, 2002). Therefore, since this is a truth that does not depend on the reasoning
of humans, "the greatest being in the hierarchy, to be true, then there must be a God" (Donati, 2002). The a priori arguments is based on the existence of eternal
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