Aquinas’ 5 Proofs for God The Second Way: Argument from…
Aquinas’ 5 Proofs for God The Second Way: Argument from Efficient Causes 1. We perceive a series of efficient causes of things in the world. 2. Nothing exists prior to itself. 3. Therefore nothing [in the world of things we perceive] is the efficient cause of itself. 4. If a previous efficient cause does not exist, neither does the thing that results (the effect). 5. Therefore if the first t... »