Philosophy
Arguments About God
Four arguments, their objections, and the century Europe was not doing the thinking
Anselm · Avicenna · Al-Ghazali · Averroes · Pascal · 4 chapters · 11 min read
Four arguments, the objections that came with them, and the century Europe was not the one doing the thinking.
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Proofs, objections and the transmission
- 01The Argument From the IdeaOn an argument that needs no evidence, and will not die.
- 02The First Cause, and Who Kept the BooksOn the first cause, and the people who kept Aristotle while Europe mislaid him.
- 03The Argument From the WorldOn the argument that runs from the world rather than from a definition.
- 04Believing Without ProofOn what to do when the arguments have failed and you still have to live somehow.