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In six pages this paper examines St. Thomas Aquinas' 'proof' that God exists. Three sources are cited in the bibliography....
In five pages this paper discusses the grounds for believing in God's existence by discussing philosophical interpretations of fou...
In five pages the eleventh century argument of Anselm regarding God's existence is examined as presented in Monologium. One sourc...
In five pages this paper discusses proving God's existence in a consideration of works by Francis Bacon and Martin Luther. Two so...
at the bottom of the ladder, and humanity at the top, by virtue of the faculty of reason (Augustine of Hippo, 2001). After carefu...
conception of what is perceived. Some ideas appear to be innate, while others appear to originate elsewhere and come to the mind i...
Power is behind all that we perceive, then the Higher Power would be a deceitful one. Descartes arrives at this conclusion becaus...
that any passage outside our sensitive impressions was not possible and as such "there is no metaphysics: we know nothing of God, ...
the universe and the cells of life on the planet, it was assumed that this enormous and highly intricate mechanism had a designer ...
being" (Burnham, 2001). In order for our universe to have taken on the form that it has, it has been necessary, according t...
simple to Descartes, so simple it needs no argument. He basically says that as long as one is thinking, one exists. To Descartes, ...
In four pages this paper discusses how God's existence is argued through epistemology with Thomas Aquinas' arguments providing evi...
Descartes seemed to think that the way to find objectivity, from a subjective existence, would be to prove that a perfect God is t...
values that were presented to us in the middle of the 20th century. And, according to many, family values "is a code name devised ...
is a rather immense task that philosophers have been dealing with for quite some time. The fact that no one can know the answer f...
supporters of the argument from design see a babys perfect little fingers with unique fingerprints and the fact that the honey bee...
Arguments for the Existence of God Rene Descartes (1596-1650) is known as one of the most influential Western philosophers today....
argue Gods existence within its own definition. Without any sort of relationship with other concrete statements, the entire argume...
speaker is Philo, a religious skeptic (Johnson 266). The discussion is chiefly between Philo and Cleanthes, with occasional remar...
that he be deceived since God is supremely good. Nevertheless, it does appear to Descartes that there is a good possibility that G...
believed deeply in the value of ethics as it related to humans in the natural world. His concept of forming an adequate ethical c...
the absurdity of this answer. But suppose I had found a watch upon the ground, and it should be inquired how the watch happened to...
is Anselms primary opponent in his argument regarding the existence of God. Kants separation between the analytic and the synthet...
constant when the resultant external force acting on the system is zero" and if the system is the universe there are no external f...
were distinguished in the nineteenth century with the "natural" sciences. To a great degree, James was attempting to create and/...
be a less sure guide than revelation; however, Aquinas did believe it possible to reach certain truths without the aid of revelati...
is characterized in a particular way; Sartre argues that "conflict is the original meaning of being-for- others." (Baron, 2002, PG...
the science of anatomy: but this was not sufficient; I must also observe the natural decay and corruption of the human body" (Shel...
In five pages the existence of natural rights is considered within the context of John Locke's concepts and as they are manifested...
karma, the single-most component of unethical behavior. People are constantly judged; every moment of every day, all that they do...