Aquinas Claims That No Thing Can Be the Cause of Its

question 83

Multiple Choice

Aquinas claims that no thing can be the cause of its own existence because:

• A) only God can bring things into existence.
• B) nothing can be simultaneously potential and actual.
• C) it couldn't cause itself to exist if it didn't already exist.
• D) there has to be a first cause.
• E) None of the above

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Definitions:

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Monozygotic Twins

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