The Fifth Proof for the Existence of God from Thomas Aquinas

This video is an explanation of the Thomas Aquinas's fifth proof for the existence of God, A.K.A the Fifth way. This is the argument from finality and is based on the observed regularity in the universe.

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Can you be more specific about the class of things that act for an end? Because there are plenty of examples of things not acting for an end. E.g. the orbit of the earth around the sun. Would this disprove the existence of God? Or simply invalidate the argument

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What happens when we apply this to thinking to God himself? According to this logic If God has a particular way of behaving then there must be a higher intelligence behind God's existence.