Aquinas 3 Ways

Which ancient Greek phislopher influenced Aquinas' cosmological argument?

• Socrates

• Plato

• Aristotle

• Cicero

What 3 things did Aquinas 'observe' which evidence his first 3 ways?

• Movement in the world

• Contingency

• Beauty

• Causation

A posteriori arguments are based on... (tick all that apply)

• Logic

• Observation

• Empirical evidence

• Intuition

What does Aquinas reject in each of his 3 ways?

• Finite Regression

• Finite Progression

• Infinite Regression

• Infinite Progression

Aquinas first way concludes there must be...

• A Moved Mover - something that moves other things and is moved by other things

• A Moved Unmover - Something which is moved but does not move other things

• An Unmoved Mover - something which can move other things but can move itself

Aquinas' second way concludes there must be...

• An Uncaused Causer - something which is a cause of other things but does not have a cuase itself

• An Uncaused Uncauser - something which has no cause and can't cause anything else

• A Caused Causer - something which is caused and is the cuase of other things.

Aquinas' third way concludes that...

• Things can come into existence from nothing, therefore the universe sprang into existence and doesn't need a cause.

• Nothing can come into existence from nothing, therefore something must have been the cause of the universe. This thing is necessary otherwise the universe would not exist.

The conclusion of these 3 ways is that the Unmoved Mover/Uncaused Causer/Necessary being is...

• Zeus

• The Christian God

• Brahman

• Jupiter