Explanation and reflection of Aquinas's "Five Ways"
Title: Explanation and reflection of Aquinas's "Five Ways"
Category: /Social Sciences/Philosophy
Details: Words: 746 | Pages: 3 (approximately 235 words/page)
Explanation and reflection of Aquinas's "Five Ways"
Category: /Social Sciences/Philosophy
Details: Words: 746 | Pages: 3 (approximately 235 words/page)
In the first and second explanations in Aquinas's "Five Ways", Aquinas takes a very logical and simple approach to explaining the existence of God. He reasons that all things are either actuality in motion or potentiality in motion. A body cannot be in a state of potentiality and at the same time, actuality, in the same respect. "Nothing can be reduced from potentiality to actuality, except by something in a state of actuality... it is
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t have concrete scientific proof. Many believe because that is how they were raised, or they just "feel" that there is a God. The proof is not what is important. The importance lies in the fact that they believe, not why they believe. The existence or non-existence of proof does not create a person's beliefs. That is why it is referred to as "belief in God", as opposed to "knowledge" or "proof in God".