Aquinas & the Cosmological Arguments: Crash Course Philosophy #10

2016-04-11

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Our unit on the philosophy of religion and the existence of god continues with Thomas Aquinas. Today, we consider his first four arguments: the cosmological arguments.

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GOD the unmoved mover
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ARGUMENT FROM CAUSATION Some things are caused Anything that's caused has to be caused by something else (since nothing causes itself). There can't be an infinite regress of causes.
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BAD SMALL COLD
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ARGUMENT FROM DEGREES Properties come in degrees In order for there to be degrees of perfection, there must be something perfect against which everything else is measured. God is the pinnacle of perfection
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