five ways to prove the existence of God
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The "five ways to prove the existence of God" are St. Thomas Aquinas’s classic set of philosophical arguments—based on motion, causation, contingency, degrees of perfection, and teleology—offered in the Summa Theologica as rational demonstrations of God’s existence.
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| five ways to prove the existence of God canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T736986 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: five ways to prove the existence of God Context triple: [St. Thomas Aquinas, knownFor, five ways to prove the existence of God]
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The Case for God
The Case for God is a 2009 book by religious historian Karen Armstrong that explores the history of religious thought and argues for a more nuanced, experiential understanding of God beyond rigid dogma and atheistic critiques.
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On God
"On God" is a gospel-influenced hip-hop track by Kanye West from his 2019 album *Jesus Is King*, featuring themes of faith, gratitude, and divine protection.
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C.
The Language of God
The Language of God is a book by geneticist Francis Collins in which he argues that modern science, particularly genetics, is compatible with Christian faith and belief in a divine creator.
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The Reasonableness of Christianity
The Reasonableness of Christianity is a 1695 theological treatise by John Locke arguing that the core of Christian faith is a simple, rational belief in Jesus as the Messiah rather than adherence to complex doctrinal systems.
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Three Essays on Religion
Three Essays on Religion is a posthumously published collection of philosophical essays by John Stuart Mill that critically examines religious belief, theism, and the role of religion in moral life.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: five ways to prove the existence of God Target entity description: The "five ways to prove the existence of God" are St. Thomas Aquinas’s classic set of philosophical arguments—based on motion, causation, contingency, degrees of perfection, and teleology—offered in the Summa Theologica as rational demonstrations of God’s existence.
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A.
The Case for God
The Case for God is a 2009 book by religious historian Karen Armstrong that explores the history of religious thought and argues for a more nuanced, experiential understanding of God beyond rigid dogma and atheistic critiques.
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B.
On God
"On God" is a gospel-influenced hip-hop track by Kanye West from his 2019 album *Jesus Is King*, featuring themes of faith, gratitude, and divine protection.
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C.
The Language of God
The Language of God is a book by geneticist Francis Collins in which he argues that modern science, particularly genetics, is compatible with Christian faith and belief in a divine creator.
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D.
The Reasonableness of Christianity
The Reasonableness of Christianity is a 1695 theological treatise by John Locke arguing that the core of Christian faith is a simple, rational belief in Jesus as the Messiah rather than adherence to complex doctrinal systems.
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E.
Three Essays on Religion
Three Essays on Religion is a posthumously published collection of philosophical essays by John Stuart Mill that critically examines religious belief, theism, and the role of religion in moral life.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
argument for the existence of God
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philosophical argument ⓘ scholastic doctrine ⓘ theological argument ⓘ |
| aimsToShow | existence of God ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Five Ways
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quinque viae ⓘ |
| author |
Thomas Aquinas
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linked to:
St. Thomas Aquinas
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| centralConcept |
final cause
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first cause ⓘ first mover ⓘ gradation of perfections ⓘ necessary being ⓘ |
| concludesThat |
God is a necessary being
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God is the first efficient cause ⓘ God is the intelligent director of natural things ⓘ God is the maximum in being and perfection ⓘ God is the unmoved mover ⓘ
linked to:
Necessary Existent
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| describedIn |
Summa Theologiae, Part I, Question 2, Article 3
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linked to:
Summa Theologiae
Summa Theologica ⓘ
linked to:
Summa Theologiae
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| field |
metaphysics
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natural theology ⓘ philosophy of religion ⓘ |
| hasBeenCriticizedBy |
David Hume
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Immanuel Kant ⓘ |
| hasInterpretation |
cosmological argument
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teleological argument ⓘ |
| hasPart |
argument from contingency
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argument from degrees of perfection ⓘ argument from efficient causality ⓘ argument from final causality ⓘ argument from motion ⓘ teleological argument ⓘ |
| influenced |
Catholic apologetics
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linked to:
Christian apologetics
classical theism ⓘ contemporary philosophy of religion ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Aristotelian metaphysics
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linked to:
Aristotelianism
Aristotle ⓘ Islamic philosophy ⓘ Jewish philosophy ⓘ |
| language | Latin ⓘ |
| method | a posteriori reasoning ⓘ |
| religiousContext |
Christian philosophy
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Roman Catholicism ⓘ |
| timePeriod | 13th century ⓘ |
| tradition |
Scholasticism
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linked to:
Scholastic theology
Thomism ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: five ways to prove the existence of God Description of subject: The "five ways to prove the existence of God" are St. Thomas Aquinas’s classic set of philosophical arguments—based on motion, causation, contingency, degrees of perfection, and teleology—offered in the Summa Theologica as rational demonstrations of God’s existence.
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