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".
   

