The Cosmological Argument

The Cosmological argument infers that the existence of the universe is due to the existence of God. Plato bought about one of the oldest arguments between 428-327 BCE. Plato believed that there is a self moving principle from which all change and motion originated. This principle is the core which is responsible for the world. Thomas Aquinas in the 13th century developed Plato’s views; however this development was with a theistic principle. The first three of the five ways produced was about the cosmological argument. Aquinas believed in the god of classical theism. The cosmological argument is a probability argument because it’s an a posteriori argument which takes its principles from an observation of the world. Its premises are drawn from experience and reach an inductive conclusion but are synthetic.
Aquinas was a famous 13th century philosopher who came up with one of the most famous appliable cosmological arguments. These arguments were the first 3 of the 5 ways as mentioned above in the ‘Summa Theologica’. Aquinas’ first way referred to motion. Aquinas said “something’s are in motion. Now whatever is moved is moved by another…. Therefore it is necessary at a first mover…. Everyone understands to be God”. Aquinas further explained this as the reduction of something from potentiality to actuality. For example, fire which is actually hot, changes wood, which is potentially hot, to the state of actually being hot and vice versa and it must be something which that which is changed is dependent. He then argued that god is the initiator of change and motion in all things.
The second of Aquinas’ five ways explained cause, ‘cause’ is the producer of an effect, result, or consequence. He argued that: “There is no case known…. In which a thing is found to be the efficient cause to itself …. Therefore it is necessary to admit to a first