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The Five Ways was written by Thomas Aquinas. The main thesis was that all natural things that don't have knowledge are guided by god. Thomas Aquinas was a Dominican monk and considered to be one of the greatest theologian in Western religion. In The Five Ways there were five posteriori arguments. In short, the fifth one talks about how there is an explanation behind all the harmony in nature and there is believed to be one thing (God) behind it all. The The Five Ways fifth argument is split up into different sections that all go together. The first one is that he believed natural things are programmed to reach their full potential. That everything in nature; whether it be a tree, plant, river or seed all have a purpose, a direction and end goal that is programmed within them. …show more content…

The thing with out knowledge needs something with knowledge to direct it. This thing he talks about being the sole director is god.

In conclusion, I can not say Thomas Aquinas was completely right with everything he said but on the other hand I cannot say he was wrong either. After all these were his opinions and arguments. What I can do is state my thoughts on what he had to say. When he talks about all natural things being programmed to reach their full potential, I do not believe this is exactly true. I do not believe that there is something “programmed” inside of everything and that it automatically is going to reach its full potential. But I do believe that most often things in nature that lack knowledge such as a tree will strive to grow as big and strong as it possibly can. It will not grow half as tall as it could or reach its roots half as deep as they could. A tree with continue to grow until it cannot grow anymore. Humans are the only life form that will do less than they possibly can. I do not believe there is just one thing or code that dictate

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