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that any passage outside our sensitive impressions was not possible and as such "there is no metaphysics: we know nothing of God, ...
In eight pages this research paper considers philosophical perspectives regarding God's existence and includes David Hume's opposi...
be a less sure guide than revelation; however, Aquinas did believe it possible to reach certain truths without the aid of revelati...
In twenty pages this research paper considers philosophical arguments pertaining to God's existence as argued in support and in op...
While Hume appears down to Earth and logical, he is, in a very general sense, a skeptic. He notes that there is a battle between r...
conclusion that "a being than which none greater can be conceived can be conceived to be greater than it is," which is "absurd" (A...
of souls (Frost 104). It is possible that Plato was attempting to use popular belief to promote the teaching of more profound trut...
In five pages this paper contrasts the philosophical perspectives of David Hume and Thomas Aquinas regarding religion and ultimate...
controversial writings on religion and morality (Hume, 2002). In fact, he continued to turn out essays and critical writings on ev...
thought and action are connected, bringing to mind the view of science and how it demonstrated the same evidence. Character...
is not particularly concerned with explaining the universe, but rather offers the argument to how that God exists. "You ask me, wh...
from the Appearances of Nature (Beebe, 2002). In this text, Paley wrote: There cannot be design without a designer; contrivance wi...
goodness and evil. They are the opposite ends of a pendulum. If God existed there would be no observable evil. Since we know there...
In four pages this paper discusses how God's existence is argued through epistemology with Thomas Aquinas' arguments providing evi...
with a wholly different sort of argument. He states that if the universe has an intelligent designer (i.e., the cosmological argum...
the universe reveals that the natural world provides a graduated scale of existence, from lower beings to those that are higher or...
course, defines that which is proper conduct, it distinguishes right from wrong; morality points to proper behavior that serves so...
various things as they approach in diverse ways toward something that is the greatest, just as in the case of hotter (more hot) wh...
In five pages this paper tries to prove love exists by using Thomas Aquinas' 5 proofs of God's existence. One source is cited in ...
In six pages philosophers such as Immanuel Kant and Thomas Aquinas are incorporated into a series of student submitted questions a...
In three pages this paper discusses how God's existence was argued by Saint Thomas Aquinas. There is no bibliography included....
speaker is Philo, a religious skeptic (Johnson 266). The discussion is chiefly between Philo and Cleanthes, with occasional remar...
youth by by those who wanted to restore democracy to Athens (PG). While Socrates had much faith in people and believed that morali...
supporters of the argument from design see a babys perfect little fingers with unique fingerprints and the fact that the honey bee...
In nine pages this paper discusses how Rene Descartes philosophically attempted to prove God exists in his Meditations on First Ph...
Most people like an ordered existence. It makes them feel comfortable with the real uncertainty of life. Descartes made "doubt" a ...
In six pages this paper examines St. Thomas Aquinas' 'proof' that God exists. Three sources are cited in the bibliography....
In six pages this research paper contrasts and compares these men's philosophical perspectives on God's existence. Four sources a...
18). Harrison (2006) credits Aquinas as being the "major figure" in the reintroduction of Aristotelian concepts into Western cul...
Arguments for the Existence of God Rene Descartes (1596-1650) is known as one of the most influential Western philosophers today....