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... notion of an infinite regression . He is left with the notion of a First Cause . THE ARGUMENT FROM CONTINGENCY . We have seen that Thomas's procedure is to select some obvious fact about nature , and to argue from the existence of this ...
... notion of an infinite regression . He is left with the notion of a First Cause . THE ARGUMENT FROM CONTINGENCY . We have seen that Thomas's procedure is to select some obvious fact about nature , and to argue from the existence of this ...
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... notion of an infinite regression . He is left with the notion of a Necessary Being . Thomas's THE ARGUMENT FROM DEGREES OF EXCELLENCE . fourth argument differs slightly in character from the first three . If we examine the nature of ...
... notion of an infinite regression . He is left with the notion of a Necessary Being . Thomas's THE ARGUMENT FROM DEGREES OF EXCELLENCE . fourth argument differs slightly in character from the first three . If we examine the nature of ...
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... notion of a substance inaccessible to us , which we think accounts for such cohesion by supporting it , as cement might support pieces of mosaic , must be abandoned . The fact of the bare cohesion itself is all that the notion of the ...
... notion of a substance inaccessible to us , which we think accounts for such cohesion by supporting it , as cement might support pieces of mosaic , must be abandoned . The fact of the bare cohesion itself is all that the notion of the ...
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