Explain how aquinas approaches his proof


Essay Assignment

Write a four-to-five page essay with a cogent response to these and other related questions that may arise in your research and reflection.

1) Compare & Contrast the references to ‘God' and to the proofs of God's existence as they arise in the third article of Summa Theologica, by Thomas Aquinas, and in the fifth of his six Meditations on First Philosophy, by Rene Descartes.

2) How do they each define ‘God'?

3) Explain how Aquinas approaches his proof, under the influence of Aristotle, from an Empiricist point of view, and how Descartes approaches his proof from a Rationalist point of view?

4) Would you like to engage either of these thinkers/believers in a dispute? Is there a danger in attempting to prove God's existence? What is it? Why is it dangerous? Or, why is it not dangerous?

Format your assignment according to the give formatting requirements:

a. The answer must be double spaced, typed, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides.

b. The response also includes a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the course title, the student's name, and the date. The cover page is not included in the required page length.

c. Also include a reference page. The references and Citations should follow APA format. The reference page is not included in the required page length.

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