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Introduce Aquinas's Fifth Way |
Aquinas's Fifth way is a Teleological argument for the existence of god posited in the Summa Theologica. In this inductive argument Aquinas states that something that lacks intelligence cannot move towards fulfilling a useful end, Unless something has moved it. |
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Explain this Theory |
One way of looking at this theory is by imagining that you use a pen to write an essay. The pen itself is non-intelligent, it cannot write an essay for you. The only way in which a pen can do this is by being moved by someone i.e. yourself. Thus the pen is then able to communicate your ideas. |
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Explain Aquinas's Analogy of the fifth way |
Aquinas' own example was that of the arrow and the archer. Aquinas stated that the arrow, by itself, cannot reach the target. It needs to be fired by the archer in order for this to happen. He related this to the workings of the universe stating that everything in the universe follows natural laws, even if they posses no intelligence. |
