- There are efficient causes in the world (i.e, producing causes).
- Nothing can be the efficient cause of itself, for it would have to be prior to itself in order to cause itself.
- There cannot be an infinite regress of (essentially related) efficient causes, for unless there is a first cause of the series there would be no causality in the series.
- Therefore, there must be a first, uncaused, efficient Cause of all efficient causality in the world.
- Everyone gives to this name the name of God.
Saturday, April 21, 2018
Thomas Aquinas, The argument from Efficient Causality
The argument from Efficient Causality :
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