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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Language: | English |
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2024
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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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