Cause and Effect
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Cause and Effect

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Who suggested the 'cause and effect' argument?

  • Plato
  • Aristotle
  • Socrates
  • Thomas Aquinas (correct)
  • What is another word sometimes used by philosophers for the 'cause and effect' argument?

  • Teleological
  • Ontological
  • Cosmological (correct)
  • Epistemological
  • What is the title of the book that Thomas Aquinas started to write but remained unfinished when he died?

  • Meditations
  • The Republic
  • The Summa (correct)
  • The Divine Comedy
  • Approximately how many words are there in the Summa?

    <p>1,000,000</p> Signup and view all the answers

    How long would it take the average reader to read every word of the Summa without stopping?

    <p>50 hours</p> Signup and view all the answers

    According to Aquinas, what is the cause in the example of kicking a ball with your foot?

    <p>Your foot</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does Aquinas compare the sequence of cause and effect to?

    <p>A long line of dominos</p> Signup and view all the answers

    According to Aquinas, what might be evidence for the existence of God?

    <p>The long chain of cause and effect</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does Aquinas say must have kick-started the whole process of cause and effect?

    <p>Something</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does Aquinas say is linked to everything else by a long chain of cause and effect?

    <p>The world</p> Signup and view all the answers

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