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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...
be a less sure guide than revelation; however, Aquinas did believe it possible to reach certain truths without the aid of revelati...
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...
various things as they approach in diverse ways toward something that is the greatest, just as in the case of hotter (more hot) wh...
cause of the effect must possess as much reality as the effect. Furthermore, Descartes asserts that any cause must have as much p...
argue Gods existence within its own definition. Without any sort of relationship with other concrete statements, the entire argume...
Arguments for the Existence of God Rene Descartes (1596-1650) is known as one of the most influential Western philosophers today....
supporters of the argument from design see a babys perfect little fingers with unique fingerprints and the fact that the honey bee...
of the world (1993). Yet, one can see this in action in smaller ways. Another way to look at the world is through the model called...
the universe reveals that the natural world provides a graduated scale of existence, from lower beings to those that are higher or...
theme, in fact, throughout the book, as resentments continued to simmer). Peasants, for the most part, pretty much dont know they ...
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...
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...
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...
than a man can do the same for God, if there is a God. In essence, if God exists then God is a being that is capable of creating a...
In a paper consisting of eight pages the existence of God is predicated on philosophical as opposed to religious supporting argume...
In nine pages this paper presents the 'First Cause' concept and analytically proves it to be invalid with references made to the t...
any scientific evidence to prove that a higher power created the universe. It is, most likely, as with humans, a product of evolu...
In six pages this paper argues that a morally omnipotent and perfect God is not possible because of the existence of evil. Eight ...
Descartes seemed to think that the way to find objectivity, from a subjective existence, would be to prove that a perfect God is t...
In six pages this paper examines St. Thomas Aquinas' 'proof' that God exists. Three sources are cited in the bibliography....
from the Appearances of Nature (Beebe, 2002). In this text, Paley wrote: There cannot be design without a designer; contrivance wi...
experiences were possible (Gogan, 2006). This author indicates this in the following: "Kant gets rid of the usual foundation for r...
broke the argument down in a much easier argument (Palmer, 2002). Descartes began with the premise that God is the only being who ...
did. He punished Adam and Eve for disobeying Him. As one pastor reminds us: "The Bible says that God will hold us accountable for ...
A devout person will say that he or she "sees" "God in all things" (Hodges 101). This person is referring to an act of "intuitive ...