It thereby serves as a refutation both of atheism and of the fideism that gives aid and comfort to atheism. Its aim is to vindicate the view of the greatest philosophers of the past- thinkers like Aristotle, Plotinus, Augustine, Aquinas, Leibniz, and many others- that the existence of God can be established with certainty by way of purely rational arguments. Gage writes that Five Proofs is an incredibly useful book, that Feser is to be commended for interacting with a wide swath of historical and contemporary literature, and that my main arguments are thorough enough for philosophers while remaining accessible to a general audience a true accomplishment. This work provides as ambitious and complete a defense of traditional natural theology as is currently in print. Finally, it answers at length all of the objections that have been leveled against these proofs. It also offers a thorough treatment of each of the key divine attributes-unity, simplicity, eternity, omnipotence, omniscience, perfect goodness, and so forth-showing that they must be possessed by the God whose existence is demonstrated by the proofs. This book provides a detailed, updated exposition and defense of five of the historically most important (but in recent years largely neglected) philosophical proofs of God's existence: the Aristotelian, the Neo-Platonic, the Augustinian, the Thomistic, and the Rationalist. Edward Feser Books Categories Five Proofs of the Existence of God The Last Superstition: A Refutation of the New Atheism By Man Shall His Blood Be Shed You.
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