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    disputed through logic and through faith. Out of the readings assigned in class‚ I will be presenting Aquinas’ Five Ways argument. In short‚ this claim simply gives five logical reasons that prove god’s existence‚ which in turn‚ explains the existence as a whole. Within this paper‚ I will invalidate Aquinas’ argument‚ for his reasoning is full of logical loopholes and inconsistencies. Ultimately‚ Aquinas believes there would have to be a mover that first put things in motion. This first Way states that

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    particular that is understood over and above the universal. Aquinas responded to this objection by stating that the sensory power senses sensory species and that the intellectual powers understand the objects of condition related to the intelligible species (467). In both cases‚ both species involved are instruments used to either sense or perceive. He also demonstrated some similarity to the concepts existent in Aristotle’s Metaphysics. Aquinas suggests that an action is twofold: “one which remains in

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    Hobbes Second Amendment

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    pertaining to a hot button issue in the United states‚ specifically the second amendment. Seeing that the 2016 presidential elections has is a major topic of conversation‚ it would be appropriate to attempt to analyze the second amendment discussion using Hobbes’ logic. The class example suggested that the supporter of the second amendment not only believe that one require arms in order to protect themselves‚ however‚ fear even moreso the event that the sovereign becomes tyrannical. Evaluating the topic

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    motivated to kill for personal gain however; it may be the uncertainty of someone else’s actions that forces them to choose the side of conflict. Hobbes blatantly states that for a modest person‚ it is

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    discussed in class‚ I choose to evaluate Thomas Aquinas’ Cosmological Argument. Aquinas offers a believable case for the existence of God through five arguments. The arguments are “a posteriori arguments” with five strategies (Aquinas 52). The first argues that there is an unmoved mover that originated all motion but the mover‚ itself‚ does not move. The second argument concludes: “there must be a first cause to explain the existence of cause” (Aquinas 52). The third argument says dependent beings

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    Thomas Hobbes contribution was the suggestion that the social order was made by human beings and therefore could be changed by human beings. Hobbes looked on the individual as selfish‚ concerned with self-preservation‚ searching for power‚ and (potentially at least) at war with others. For Hobbes‚ in the state of nature‚ there was a war of all against all and life is nasty‚ brutish‚ and short. Since individuals are rational‚ they agree to surrender their individual rights to the sovereign in order

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    Because Hobbes argues that the relationship between people in nature is similar to the animal. And thus the safety of survival has become an important purpose of the people. He considers the so-called natural rights: "the liberty each man hath to use his own power as he will himself for the preservation of his own nature‚ that is to say‚ of his own life; and consequently of doing anything which in his own judgment and reason he shall conceive to be the aptest means thereunto."(Leviathan‚ 4.1) To

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    Thomas Aquinas was the greatest Christian theologian of the Middle Ages. He translates the work of Aristotle to Christian view. He adds spiritual virtues of faith‚ love and hope in his work. For him‚ Natural law prescribes the fundamental precepts of morality and is grasped through reason and conscience. In addition‚ he believes that it is a law situated within God’s Eternal Law. Saint Thomas thinks the existence of God can be proved. His perspective towards morality is relatively close to Aristotle’s

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    Thomas Hobbes Leviathan

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    Thomas Hobbes leviathan‚ the sea monster is presented as the absolute sovereign. He rules the people that form his being. All the people of that state are looking up to him in the image as to express their submission and acceptance of the social contract to be ruled. In the front piece‚ the leviathan holds two objects in his hand which are a crosier and a sword. A crosier in Christianity is a symbol of the governing office of the bishop or apostle. Here‚ one can assume that what Hobbes meant by

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    Jessica Thomas Friday April 26‚ 2013 Machiavelli and Hobbes understood the natural state of the world to be conflict. How does this shape their understanding of human beings‚ politics‚ ethics‚ and morality? Does this idea and itself towards liberal or conservative ideas? Explain. Machiavelli’s understanding of the natural state of the world to be conflict causes him to look and access the world differently than others. His understanding of the natural state of the world bleeds over into

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