Aquinas Five Proofs

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Thomas Aquinas was a heavily influential Catholic priest and philosopher, who was also a ‘doctor’ and was one of the many early fathers of the church. He wrote many works of philosophy and theology throughout his life, his most influential work being the Summa Theologica. It consisted of three parts; God, Ethics, and Christ, through which he gives five proofs for God's existence as well as an explication of His attributes. The five proofs are as listed; Argument from Motion, Argument from Efficient Causes, Argument from Possibility and Necessity, Argument from Gradation of Being, and Argument from Design. These proofs are more commonly known as the quinquae viae, or five ways. The first proof is the argument from motion, stating that our