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Aquinas's Five Ways

Aquinas's Five Ways is a scholastic philosophical framework consisting of five distinct arguments for the existence of God, differentiated by their reliance on empirical observation and Aristotelian causality to deduce divine attributes through motion, causation, contingency, gradation, and teleology.

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2017–2026

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Quinque Viae

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Publications

209

Basic Writings of Saint Thomas Aquinas.

J.R. Cresswell, Anton C. Pegis · The Philosophical Review · 1946 · 211 citations

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The Christian Philosophy of St Thomas Aquinas.

Albert Wingell, Étienne Gilson · The Philosophical Quarterly · 1995 · 176 citations · Full text

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Ultimate Ends in Practical Reasoning: Aquinas's Aristotelian Moral Psychology and Anscombe's Fallacy

Scott MacDonald · The Philosophical Review · 1991 · 173 citations

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The Theology of Thomas Aquinas

Choice Reviews Online · 2005 · 169 citations · Full text

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The recovery of virtue: the relevance of Aquinas for Christian ethics

Choice Reviews Online · 1991 · 148 citations

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Authors

188

  1. JF
    John F. Wippel

    Catholic University of America, United States

    7 publications · 456 citations

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  2. JD
    J D Bastable

    3 publications · 113 citations

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  3. JO
    Joseph Owens

    Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies, Canada

    3 publications · 125 citations

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  4. PR
    Piotr Roszak

    Nicolaus Copernicus University, Poland

    3 publications · 61 citations

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  5. AK
    Anthony Kenny

    St. John's College, United States

    3 publications · 89 citations

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Institutions

42

  1. University of Toronto

    Toronto, Canada

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    230 citations

  2. University of Oxford

    Oxford, United Kingdom

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    68 citations

  3. Boston College

    Boston, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    40 citations

  4. Nicolaus Copernicus University

    Torun, Poland

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    50 citations

  5. Catholic University of America

    Washington D.C., United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    83 citations

  6. Saint Michael's College

    Colchester, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    230 citations

  7. Czech Academy of Sciences, Institute of Philosophy

    Prague, Czechia

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    58 citations

  8. New College

    Swindon, United Kingdom

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    16 citations

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Venues

  1. Choice Reviews Online

    CRO · 21 publications · 1.4K citations

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  2. The Thomist: A Speculative Quarterly Review

    23 publications · 651 citations

    16

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  3. The Philosophical Review

    9 publications · 748 citations

    9

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  4. The Modern Schoolman

    8 publications · 280 citations

    8

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  5. Modern Theology

    6 publications · 160 citations

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