Phil. 102 Introduction to Philosophy
Quiz: Aquinas’ Five Ways
Fall 2002 c
2002 OPL
Directions: Match the premisses in Column 2 with the most appro-
priate arguments in Column 1 by placing the number or numbers in
the blank spaces provided.
Column 1 Column 2
Argument from
Motion
1. To take away the cause is to take away
the effect.
2. There are degrees of goodness in different
things.
Argument from
Efficient Cause
3. Evident to our senses is motion: the
movement from actuality to potentiality.
4. Since things are countable, they are finite
in number.
Argument from
Necessity
5. It is not possible to regress to infinity in
efficient causes.
6. Design or purpose is a product of intel-
ligence.
Argument from
Gradation
7. There are degrees of being in different
things—the more being, the more goodness.
8. The order of the universe cannot be ex-
plained by chance, but only by design or
purpose.
Argument from
Governance
9. Whatever is moved is moved by another.
10. If, for all things, they do not exist at
some time, then given infinite time, there
would be nothing in existence.
