Aquinas' MANY Arguments For God's Existence (Dr. Joseph Trabbic) | Ep. 301
Pints With Aquinas
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Is There a Being That Is Itself?
The third argument is based on the idea that whatsoever is from another is to be reduced to that which is through itself. Thus, if there were heat that existed through itself, it would be the cause of all ot things which have heat by on. It must therefore be posited that there is a being that is its own existence. This is proved from the fact that there must be some first being that is pure act in which there is no composition. From that one being, all other beings derived are not their own existence, but have existence by participation.
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