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Arguments Against Thomistic philosophy
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RE: Arguments Against Thomistic philosophy
(January 20, 2018 at 2:19 pm)polymath257 Wrote: After a lot of investigation, I am having trouble finding *one* thing that Thomist philosophy gets right.


Yeah, there was plenty to criticize at each turn but I thought the real mess started at 5).  Before that you could give a charitable but innocuous reading to 1-4.  Then it just started introducing attributes willy nilly to be sure only their kind of God would meet the requirements.  If he was at all serious about building an argument to persuade the unpersuaded, he'd look elsewhere even though we already know how well that will work out.

(January 20, 2018 at 10:38 am)chimp3 Wrote: There were two prime movers! Kilibob and Manup.


Hmmm .. I always heard the two prime movers referred to as Thing One and Thing Two.  But who is to say?
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Arguments Against Thomistic philosophy - by FireFromHeaven - January 19, 2018 at 6:39 pm
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