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Quotation from Summa Theologica by Thomas Aquinas
“Therefore some intelligent being exists by whom all natural things are directed to their end; and this being we call God”
Summa Theologica, I, Q. 2, Art. 3 (fifth way), trans. Fathers of the English Dominican Province (1911-1920)
The conclusion of the argument from the governance of the world, illustrated by an archer directing an arrow.
Citation: "Therefore some intelligent being exists by whom all natural things are directed to their end; and this being we call God" — Thomas Aquinas, Summa Theologica, I, Q. 2, Art. 3 (fifth way), trans. Fathers of the English Dominican Province (1911-1920). (id summa-theologica-q4)
Portrait: Saint Thomas Aquinas, Carlo Crivelli, Public domain.
