The Cosmological Argument from Plato to Leibniz |
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absolutely infinite absurd accidentally actual existence actual infinite actualised Al-Kindi Aquinas Aquinas's Arabic argues Aristotelian Aristotle Aristotle's asserts beginning body causal series conclusion contingent contradiction cosmological argument Demiurge demonstration determinant effect efficient cause essence and existence essence/existence distinction essentially ordered Etienne Gilson everything Fakhry Fārābī final cause finite G. W. Leibniz Ghāzālī Gilson God's existence Hence Ibid ibn Rushd ibn Sīnā impossible infinite number infinite regress infinite series infinity intellect Islamic Jewish kalām Kindī logical London Maimonides Maimonides's means metaphysical mutakallimūn nature necessary non-existence object ontological argument Owens perfect Philosophy physical Plato possible posteriori potency predicate premiss principle of sufficient prior proof from motion Prop proposition prove real distinction Scotus Scotus's self-mover sense series of causes series of things simply Sīnā's soul sphere Spinoza step substance sufficient reason Summa contra gentiles Summa theologiae temporal regress things moved third Thomas Thomist uncaused universe unmoved mover