Cosmo Flashcards
(9 cards)
“God is a…
Necessary being. What I mean by this is that God must exist! “
(Aquinas)
“Out of nothing…
Comes nothing”
(Aquinas)
“ it is necessary to admit a first causeR…
To which everyone gives the name God”
(Aquinas)
“ whatever is put in motion…
Must be put into motion by another”
(Aquinas)
“ if there was no…
First change there would be no subsequent changes”
(Aquinas)
“ therefore if anything cannot be…
, Then at one time there was nothing in existence”
(Aquinas)
“ if one time there was nothing in existence…
It would be impossible for anything to have begun to exist”
(Aquinas)
“ we cannot but postulate…
The existence of some being having of itself it’s own unnecessary”
(Aquinas)
“ in order to explain existence…
We must come to a being who contained within itself the reason for its own existence. that is to say of being which cannot exist”
(Copleston)
