Questioning the existence of god was frowned upon in medieval philosophy because it questioning would change the system of how things are done. So there was a great reason to just go with the flow and follow religion. Thomas Aquinas was one to follow religion and actually establish a reason for god's existence in a logical sense. Using logic and faith, god can be proven to have been the cause of all beings in the universe. Three of Thomas Aquinas quinque viae or arguments for the proof of god can be summed in there is a first mover, a necessary being, and order which was created the universe. …show more content…
No one can deny everything moving, from human beings to the matter all around, everything is moving. This movement must have an explanation. Using reason Aquinas proposed that there must be a “thing” in which caused the motion observed. This “thing” must have a mover in which set it into motion. The cycle could simply continue. Kind of similar to the age old philosophical question, why are we really here? Using logic and reasoning we could continue in a vicious loop defined as infinite regress, simply trying to find an answer where nothing would have been the ultimate cause of our existence. So with reason and faith, Thomas halted the loop and declared that god is the primitive or original mover behind everything's motion. Therefore, our purpose would be to fulfill him. One could question where did god stem from, yet, Aquinas lacks on the