Argument from Motion for God's Existence

Today we'll cover St Thomas Aquinas's famous Argument from Motion for the Existence of God.

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[SanctusApologetics]

I’ve covered this topic before, but I wanted to make a better formulation of it, more consistent to the classical Thomist tradition.

[ephraimdraper]

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[Theon-du]

this is hands down the best argument for God i have ever heard🗣🗣🔥🔥

[miller]

The fact that the 'Orthodox' don't like Aquinas is astonishing. Prolly cause he refutes them, but how could one not just eat this up! Thanks Sanctus.

[Thomas.apologia]

Potentially I liked this video… now actually I have liked this video😎

[nicbentulan]

Favourite proof of God: 1- Isaiah 49:6 worldwide popularity of Abrahamism
2- Philippians 2:11 - Worldwide popularity of Christianity
3- Luke 4:24 - persistence of Judaism
4- Genesis 16:12 - rise of Islam

[CriticalThomist]

This channel represents Thomism very well

[avocadonabura]

out of topic but i just love the pieces you use in the background of your videos

[Scholasticae]

Greatest Argument for God’s existence.

[ronaldreagan]

The good editing put my sub into motion

[gabrielkarlsson]

Glory to God! I am currently in the process of converting to the catholic church

[kermit_king]

This is good. I'm glad someone emphasized the "Per Se" casual chain distinction because I see it lacking in some of the "refutations" I see.

I won't say I perfectly understand this stuff, but I have a better understanding of the argument from motion and the other 4 ways of Aquinas thanks to that Edward Feser book you recommended. I'll probably dive into the Summa at some point to get a greater understanding of this.

[paxcity]

My new favorite channel - it’s great to see content like this

[robinson]

I love this argument, now how can I argue that this God is the God of the Bible?

[joallen]

I just picked up the summa 😊
My fav argument is #3!

[truthovertea]

Is there a way to defend the AFM without DDS? I have a hard time with DDS, seems very hard to overcome modal collapse or even work with the Trinity.

[THEBOULDER-uw]

Excuse me, THE BOULDER has a question. Would the process of God thinking (or changing of mental states) be God undergoing change?

[persiancountaryball]

Why can't a thing actualize it self? I say it's possible

Take me for instance:
I have the potential to think about a subject
I then can actualize that by thinking about the said subject
I actualized my own potential

So it is false to assume everything needs another thing to actualize its potential

What do you guys think?

[jakxes]

Hey, I’ve been thinking about an objection that you might want to consider addressing in one of your future videos. It actually comes from Alex O'Connor during his discussion with Dr. Edward Feser. While it’s not directly against the First Way, it challenges the concept of potency:

P.1: A cup of coffee can potentially have an infinite number of distinct temperatures (e.g., 90°C, 90.1°C, 90.11°C, etc.).

P.2: If there are an infinite number of potential properties in the cup of coffee, then the collection of those potential properties is really infinite.

P.3: A really infinite collection cannot exist in reality (since actual infinites do not exist).

Conclusion: Therefore, the concept of potentiality must be false because it would imply the existence of a really infinite collection of potential properties.

One important clarification: when I use the term "actual infinite, " I don’t mean it in the Thomistic sense of actuality. Instead, I’m referring to an infinite number of potential properties (e.g., temperatures) existing in potentiality.

If you don't understand the argument maybe check out Alex O'Connor's video with Edward Feser. It's at chapter "The Infinity Problem".

Thanks.

[SaintTome]

Sanctus posting results in me actualizing my potential to click