Thomas Aquinas
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Saint Thomas Aquinas (c. 1225 – 7 March 1274) was a philosopher and theologian. He is best known for writing the Summa Theologiae.
Apologetics
Aquinas offered five "proofs" of the existence of God (originally called the quinque viæ):
- The unmoved mover
- The uncaused cause
- The cosmological argument
- The argument from degree
- The teleological argument