Five Ways

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argument for the existence of God cosmological argument metaphysical argument philosophical argument scholastic theology concept teleological argument

Five Ways is the traditional name for Thomas Aquinas’s five philosophical arguments for the existence of God.

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Five Ways canonical 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf argument for the existence of God ⓘ
cosmological argument ⓘ
cosmological argument ⓘ
cosmological argument ⓘ
metaphysical argument ⓘ
philosophical argument ⓘ
scholastic theology concept ⓘ
teleological argument ⓘ
addressesQuestion Whether God exists ⓘ
aimsToShow that God exists ⓘ
author St. Thomas Aquinas ⓘ
surface form: Thomas Aquinas
basedOn contingency and necessity ⓘ
efficient causality ⓘ
gradation of perfections ⓘ
notion of motion ⓘ
order and governance of the world ⓘ
centuryFormulated 13th century ⓘ
concludes existence of a first efficient cause ⓘ
existence of a maximum in being and goodness ⓘ
existence of a necessary being ⓘ
existence of an intelligent director of nature ⓘ
existence of an unmoved mover ⓘ
describedAs five philosophical arguments for the existence of God ⓘ
hasArgument Fifth Way ⓘ
First Way ⓘ
Fourth Way ⓘ
Second Way ⓘ
Third Way politics ⓘ
surface form: Third Way
hasCritic Bertrand Russell ⓘ
David Hume ⓘ
Immanuel Kant ⓘ
hasNumberOfArguments 5 ⓘ
hasSupporter Edward Feser ⓘ
G. K. Chesterton ⓘ
Étienne Gilson ⓘ
influenced classical theism ⓘ
natural theology ⓘ
philosophy of religion ⓘ
influencedBy Aristotle ⓘ
Christian theology ⓘ
languageOfOriginalWork Latin ⓘ
locatedInWork Summa Theologiae ⓘ
surface form: Summa Theologiae, Prima Pars, Question 2, Article 3
methodologicalApproach a posteriori reasoning ⓘ
partOf Summa Theologiae ⓘ
philosophicalSchool Scholasticism ⓘ
relatedConcept classical arguments for the existence of God ⓘ
natural reason ⓘ
proofs of God ⓘ
religiousContext Roman Catholic theology ⓘ
tradition Thomism ⓘ
uses Aristotelianism ⓘ
surface form: Aristotelian metaphysics

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five ways to prove the existence of God → alsoKnownAs → Five Ways ⓘ
quinque viae → meaningOfName → Five Ways ⓘ
subject surface form: Quinque viae
argument from degrees of perfection → partOf → Five Ways ⓘ