Cosmological Argument

Cosmological Argument

1. Aquinas

   • First Way
     • Observe things are in a process of motion
     • Everything is changing from a potential state to actual
     • Something can't be actual and potential at the same time
       • E.g. if something is actually hot it can't be potentially hot but can be potentially cold
     • Everything in motion must have been put in it by another
     • Chain of motion can't go on for infinite
       • Necessary to have a first mover
   • Second Way
     • Nothing is an efficient cause of itself
     • Efficient cause follows in order: 1,2,3
     • Not possible for efficient cause to go back to infinity
       • Necessary to admit first efficient cause

2. Leibniz