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The Latin cogito, ergo sum, usually translated into English as "I think, therefore I am", [a] is the "first principle" of René Descartes's philosophy. He originally published it in French as je pense, donc je suis in his 1637 Discourse on the Method, so as to reach a wider audience than Latin would have allowed. [1]
The wise decision is to wager that God exists, since "If you gain, you gain all; if you lose, you lose nothing", meaning one can gain eternal life if God exists, but if not, one will be no worse off in death than if one had not believed. On the other hand, if you bet against God, win or lose, you either gain nothing or lose everything.
Inspired by Aquinas's argument of the unmoved mover, this metaphysical argument for the existence of God was formulated by influential Medieval Christian theologian Duns Scotus (1265/66–1308). [41] Like other philosophers and theologians, Scotus believed that his statement for God's existence could be considered separate to that of Aquinas.
Existential nihilism is the philosophical theory that life has no objective meaning or purpose. [1] The inherent meaninglessness of life is largely explored in the philosophical school of existentialism, where one can potentially create their own subjective "meaning" or "purpose".
God in the Dock is a collection of previously unpublished essays and speeches from C. S. Lewis, collected from many sources after his death.Its title implies "God on Trial" [a] and the title is based on an analogy [1] made by Lewis suggesting that modern human beings, rather than seeing themselves as standing before God in judgement, prefer to place God on trial while acting as his judge.
[1] [2] [3] It is an effort to rationalize or rather "vindicate the ways of God to man" (l.16), a variation of John Milton's claim in the opening lines of Paradise Lost, that he will "justifie the wayes of God to men" (1.26). [4] It is concerned with the natural order God has decreed for man.
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God. Existential premiss g = def !x. ~ ∃ y. y ≥ x God is the only one thing greater than. which cannot be conceived. Definition, stipulating uniqueness ∀x. x ∈ P & ∃y. T(y, ‘x’) ⊇ x ∈ I What is said and understood is in the mind. Assumption, on T def., g ∈ I What is understood by the Fool of the. definition is in his intellect.