aquinas’ second way
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main aim
to argue that God exists as the first cause
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premise one
the world contains causes
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premise two
nothing can be the cause of itself
if something could be the cause of itself it would have to exist before itself which is impossible
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premise three
if the series of causes was infinite there wouldn’t be a first cause
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premise four
if there was no first cause there wouldn’t be no subsequent causes which contradicts premise one
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conclusion
therefore there is a first cause and this is what we call God
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