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Five Ways (Aquinas)
Overview
5 logical arguments for the existence of God made by Thomas Aquinas in his book Summa Theologica: the argument from motion; the argument from causation; the argument from contingency; the argument from degree; the argument from final cause
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Place in the tradition
Part of Frederick Copleston.