On Proofs for the Existence of God: Aristotle, Avicenna, and Thomas Aquinas

In this paper, I examine Aristotle’s cosmological proof of God’s existence, Avicenna’s metaphysical proof, and Thomas Aquinas’s five-way proof. By comparing these proofs, I argue that philosophers and theologians take different approaches to proving God’s existence not only because they follow diffe...

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Main Author: Liu, Xin (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: MDPI 2024
In: Religions
Year: 2024, Volume: 15, Issue: 2
Further subjects:B Avicenna
B Thomas Aquinas
B Causality
B Modality
B God
B Existence
B Essence
B Aristotle
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