John Acquinas and the 5 arguments of god's existence
... He believed this motion is created by god and that is what keeps things moving, therefore god does exist in this argument. To make the first argument complete, the second argument has to be explained. Thomas believed that all objects have to exist in the real world. This cosmological argument comes from the writings of Aristotelian belief in the cause. They said that for cause to existence in the universe there must be some other kind of existence present. For someone to exist they must already exist before they are born, which is inherently impossible. People’s existence is caused by generations that have passed. Thomas believed that all people are link to Adam and Eve who did not have any passed existence in life. God created the cause of Adam and Eve, so this means that god does exist according to the cause of existence. The third argument was called the argument from necessity, which was split into two parts know as the contingent and necessity. All individual people are known as contingent, which means that we do not have to exist. The fact that we do exist is due to the events of the universe’s history. Many philosophers believe that the universe never existed and that it may cease to exist in the future. However, Thomas believed that there must have been some kind of existence for the universe to develop. In the universe one of the many principles talks about nothing happening without reason. Basically, Thomas says that not everything can be contingent, because things would not exist. He goes on to say that there is one necessity that created existence, which was god. According to Thomas the fourth argument talks about the becoming and characteristics of all beings. The argument from gradation talks about the hierarchy or the importance of all existence. For example, a human is considered more important than a dog or any other animal. In the “great chain of being” written by Arthur Lovejoy, Thomas believed that there must be two ends of each chain. The book talks about the inherently evil on one side and the good on the opposite side. There are always opposites on this chain, but ...