Thomas Aquinas's Five Arguments for God

What is the main idea behind Aquinas's Argument of the Unmoved Mover?

• The universe is an infinite series of causes.

• God is the only being that can move without being moved.

• Everything in motion was set in motion by something else.

• Motion is an illusion and does not need explanation.

How does Aquinas's Argument of the First Cause differ from the Unmoved Mover?

• It focuses on the beginning of the universe.

• It emphasizes the need for a first cause in a chain of events.

• It argues that everything is self-caused.

• It suggests that the universe has no beginning.

What does Aquinas's Argument from Contingency suggest about existence?

• Everything exists independently.

• Some things depend on others for their existence.

• Existence is an illusion.

• All things are eternal and unchanging.

According to Aquinas, why is a scale of perfection necessary?

• To calculate the age of the universe.

• To evaluate the goodness and truth of things.

• To determine the speed of motion.

• To measure the size of objects.

What was a major critique of Aquinas's arguments by philosophers like David Hume?

• They were too focused on scientific evidence.

• They failed to account for the possibility of an infinite universe.

• They ignored the role of human perception.

• They relied too heavily on religious texts.