perspective of substance was centered on the God, and His importance. Substances are dependent on God, since He is the ultimate creator. In his Discourse, section 14, he says, “God produces various substances according to his different views he has of the universe and through God’s intervention the proper nature of each substance brings it about that what happens to one corresponds with what happen to all the others, without their acting…
Through the Argument of Possibility and Necessity, the existence of God is proven. Possibility is having the tendency to stop existing or being contingent. Necessity is a form from itself, which could not possibly have failed to exist. These two concepts and forms of being and the way they interact represent the existence of God. Thomas Aquinas, medieval theologian and philosopher, asserted and taught Five Ways to prove the existence of God. One argument of these five that I find to be…
life on a planet don’t have much in common with the components necessary for the Universe. Many Astrophysicists have accepted the fact that the values of the four fundamental forces were discovered less than 1 millionth of a second after the Big Bang. The four fundamental forces are gravity, the electromagnetic force, and the nuclear forces. If any of these forces are altered or anything happens a second off, the universe could not exist. If the ratio between the nuclear and the electromagnetic…
Leibniz cosmological argument for the existence of God The purpose of cosmological arguments is to start with the subject the universe and trace it back to the root that being the cause which according to Leibniz is an infinite necessary being. Profound philosophers used this method in order to enable the general public and academics to seeing the correlation between the universe, and its source God. Leibniz’s main objective was to take Aquinas 's foundation within his cosmological argument…
Existence of God The argument about Gods existence is one of the most exploited subjects among different scholars and philosophers in the world. It is a question that most people have been defeated to tackle in the sense that, no significant evidence has been set to dispute or acknowledge the fact that God exists. In this context, it is still an ongoing process, and therefore different people have set different explanations. To most individuals and religious groups in the world, the existence…
Challenges of fossil fuels 1. Not renewable energy Fossil fuels comprise of crude oil, coal and natural gas. It is not renewable and cannot be replaced. Plants and animals that existed millions of years ago became buried underneath the Earth’s surface. This formed as the fossil fuels. Since fossil fuels has limited supply, it can’t fulfil the world’s energy demand. Therefore, alternative energy source is needed to replace the fossil fuels. 2. Emission of carbon dioxide Combustion of fossil…
Looking up at the vast night sky, the wonder and excitement of space captivates many people. We wonder what is out there, or who is out there? The Pixar animated film Lifted takes our curiosity and puts it on the big screen. The story focuses on a little teen alien named Stu, as he tries to pass his human abduction exam, graded by Mr. B. Stu attempts to abduct a rural farmer named Ernie. Stu, being an overconfident teen, hilariously messes up the entire abduction, amazingly not waking up Ernie.…
“Mystery creates wonder and wonder is the basis of man’s desire to understand.” - Neil Armstrong, the man who first set his foot on the moon, then a distant object and a source of awe; and it is in this quest of surmounting the unconquered and taming the wild which denotes man’s insatiate desire to understand Nature. Evolution has been the fundamental reason for progress of life on earth and the eclectic strategies employed by Mother Nature in the eternal perpetuation of the process are simply…
Tycho Brahe Tycho Brahe was an eccentric Danish astronomer best known for his comprehensive and precise astronomical observations during the Renaissance period. In 1546, Brahe, originally Tyge Otteson Brahe, was born in Denmark into an aristocratic family. He was raised by a wealthy uncle and instead of pursuing law as his uncle requested, he chose to purse astronomy. He attended Universities in Copenhagen and Leipzig. In 1566, Brahe participated in a duel with another student to decide…
valid proofs and opinions on the subject but, many people are not open to questioning something that they have believed to be true their entire lives and the lives before them. Just as Nicolaus Copernicus believed the Earth was the center of the Universe, we believe the Earth is…