QUOTES
- “It is necessary to arrive at a first mover moved by no other; and this everyone
understands to be God’ - Aquinas (First argument)
- “Therefore, it is necessary to admit a first efficient cause, to which everyone gives
the name of God” - Aquinas (Second argument)
KEY WORDS
Contingent: something that is dependent on something else for their existence, it has a
start and end
Necessary: not generatable or corruptible, cannot NOT be in existence.
Infinite regression: continue to go back
- “It is necessary to arrive at a first mover moved by no other; and this everyone
understands to be God’ - Aquinas (First argument)
- “Therefore, it is necessary to admit a first efficient cause, to which everyone gives
the name of God” - Aquinas (Second argument)
KEY WORDS
Contingent: something that is dependent on something else for their existence, it has a
start and end
Necessary: not generatable or corruptible, cannot NOT be in existence.
Infinite regression: continue to go back
