Here is the synopsis of our sample research paper on Thomas Aquinas And The Cause Of Motion. Have the paper e-mailed to you 24/7/365.
Essay / Research Paper Abstract
A 3 page paper that reports Aquinas' argument for the existence of God, which is called the Five Ways. Each Way is briefly described. The writer then comments on objections to Aquinas' conclusion. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
Page Count:
2147483647 pages (~225 words per page)
File: MM12_PGmotion.rtf
Buy This Term Paper »
Unformatted sample text from the term paper:
In other words, when we cannot demonstrate the cause, Aquinas then offered his Five Ways to prove the existence of God (Foutz, 2003; Philosophy Online, n.d.). Aquinas believed that each
of the Five Ways is sufficient proof in and of itself: "The first three proofs are versions of the cosmological argument. The fourth proof is a somewhat unusual argument based
on degree of being. The fifth proof is a teleological argument" (Foutz, 2003). The Five Ways are: 1. The source of all motion must be God (Philosophy Online, n.d.). This
has been called the strongest argument because it is evident to everyone that things are in motion, to be in motion requires someone or something to put them in motion
(Foutz, 2003). There must be then a First Mover, nothing can be both mover and moved (Foutz, 2003). We must therefore arrive at a first mover because this cannot go
on for all eternity (Foutz, 2003). Everything must be put in motion by a first mover (Foutz, 2003). 2. Everything that exists must have a cause. There had to
be a first cause that was not caused by anything else, otherwise, the process would go on for all eternity. God must be the first cause (Philosophy Online, n.d.). 3.
Everything that exists at one time did not and may not at some time in the future. However, at one point nothing existed, there was nothing but nothing can come
from nothing, therefore, there must have been something whose existence was necessary. This being must be God (Philosophy Online, n.d.). Both Aristotle and Maimonides address this same argument (Foutz, 2003).
Once there was nothing, it is possible to there to be things that exist because another makes it so (Foutz, 2003). Some being did not receive its necessity from another
...