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Episode 19 – The Fifth Way | Fr. Steven Brock

Aquinas 101 - Course 2: Introduction to Thomistic Philosophy

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The Fifth Way: Things That Lack Cognition Work for a Goal

Thomas points out that Aristotle uses the analogy of a wellrun household to argue that there must be someone in charge, namely God./nHe excludes animals and artificial bodies from this analogy, while including rocks, lakes, and the air./nHe argues that this analogy only applies to natural bodies.

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