I feel that this proof that Thomas Aquinas presents is the proof that I understand and feel that has the most importance. Aquinas states that things can only act towards an end if they possess knowledge. Inanimate objects obviously do not possess knowledge, therefore they must be governed by an external intellect that directs them to their end. Aquinas says that there can not be purposeness without a guiding intelligence. The objection to his fifth proof is that he says, we see that things which lack knowledge act for an end, and we donÕt see anything directing them to an end, so it does not seem true that Òwhatever lacks knowledge cannot move towards an end unless it be directed.Ó

I think that people are afraid to agree with this proof because it makes one have to think about the reality, that

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