1. Cosmological argument
St Thomas Aquinas
Cosmological argument
Starter – crossword – if it is multiple words then there is a square gap e.g. first cause would be 11 boxes long

2. You have been given a series of facts about Aquinas – whilst all are interesting only some are relevant – you have two minutes to organize them into two piles One is facts relevant to your study One is interesting but not relevant You will also be asked to explain your decisions

3. Overview and Introduction
St Thomas Aquinas developed the most popular version of the cosmological argument.
He developed his Five Ways to prove the existence of God, which he called 'demonstratio' for the existence of God.
He put these forward in the Summa Theologica.
The first three of his Five Ways form the cosmological argument as a proof of the existence of God.
The three ways that support the argument are:
Motion or change
Cause
Contingency

4. Motion – definitions?
Aquinas was speaking of motion in the broadest sense.
He included not only movement from one place to another, but also movement in the sense of change of quality or quantity.
According to Aquinas, an object only moved when an external force was applied to it.
He continued that objects only changed because some external force had brought about the change. He spoke of filings achieving their potential through an external influence

5. Explanation of Motion – through definition and play dough!!
Potentiality
Efficient cause
Actuality

6. Aristotle's Example
Block of marble
Sculptor
Statue

7. Aquinas’ Example
Wood
Fire
Heat

8. What this translates as
The First Way is based on motion.
In the world there are things that are in motion, and whatever is in motion must have been moved by something else.
motion is nothing else than the reduction of something from potentiality to actually, except by something in a state of actuality.
According to Aquinas, this chain of movement cannot go back to infinity. There must have been a first, or Prime, Mover, which itself was unmoved.
The Unmoved Mover began the movement in everything without actually being moved. Aquinas argued that the Prime Mover is God