QUOTE BANK: THE COSMOLOGICAL ARGU. Flashcards
It is necessary to . . .
Aquinas’ 1st Conclusion.
The chain of movers “cannot go on till infinity because then there would be no first mover and consequently, no other mover” (Summa Theologia)
It is necessary to arrive at a first mover moved by no other. And this everyone understands to be God.
- Aquinas (1st Conclusion)
Therefore it is . . .
Therefore it is necessary to admit a first efficient cause to which everyone gives the name of God.
- Aquinas
It is impossible for . . .
It is impossible for these always to exist, for that which cannot be at the same time is not.
- Aquinas
To say that the universe comes into . . .
To say that the universe comes into being without any cause or reason is equivalent to throwing one’s hand in the air and saying anything will happen that is is hardly worth bothering looking for the reason at all.
- Ward
Every man who exists has a . . .
Every man who exists has a mother and it seems to me that the human race hasn’t a mother.
- Russell
It is necessary to . . .
Aquinas’ 2nd Conclusion.
It is necessary to admit a first efficient cause to which everyone gives the name of God.
- Aquinas (2nd Conclusion)
There must exist something the . . .
There must be some being . . .
Aquinas’ 3rd Conclusion.
There must exist something the existence of which is necessary.
There must be some being having go itself its own necessity…causing in others their necessity.
- Aquinas (3rd Conclusion)
Such particular event has . .
Without contradiction or . . .
Such particular event has such particular causes.
Without contradiction or absurdity.
- Elizabeth Anscombe
If one refuses to sit at the . . .
God is his own . . .
An adequate explanation must ultimately be a . . .
- Copleston.
If one refuses to sit at the chessboard and make a move, one cannot, of course, be checkmated.
God is his own sufficient reason.
An adequate explanation must ultimately be a total explanation, to which nothing further can be added.
- Copleston (BBC Radio Argument)
I should say that the . . .
Shall we propose on to . . .
Brute . . .
You’re looking for . . .
Dog . . .
Russell says it is an . . .
Just because . . .
- Russell.
I should say that the universe is just there, and that’s all.
Shall we propose on to some other issue?
Brute fact.
You’re looking for something which can’t be got.
Dogmatic.
Russell says it is an ontological argument: the first mover is linked to God simply because he has the predicate of existence. Could be another being.
Just because scientists look for causes does not mean there is a cause.
- Russell (BBC Radio Argument)
No fact could ever be true unless . . .
No fact could ever be true […] unless there were a sufficient reason why it was thus and not otherwise.
- Leibniz’ Principle of Sufficient Reason
