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Theologian Giles Fraser on Thomas Aquinas

If the universe exists, what caused it to be? Theologian Giles Fraser examines the brilliant medieval scholar St Thomas Aquinas's argument for God as the first cause of everything.

If the universe exists what caused it to be? Theologian Giles Fraser examines the brilliant medieval scholar St. Thomas Aquinas' and his argument for God as the first cause of everything.
It's part of a powerful body of ideas arguing for the logical necessity of the existence of God. But Giles also wonders how valuable these kinds of 'cosmological arguments' are for us today.

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