The popularization of common philosophy

Greener Journal of Philosophy and Public Affairs

Vol. 2(1), pp. 125-126, 2021

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The popularization of common philosophy - 63

Zhou Mi

Suqian Economic and Trade Vocational School

ABSTRACT
This paper introduces the field of philosophy, western philosophy and Chinese philosophy of some common sense to popularize common sense, for popularizing the basic knowledge of philosophy, can play a role in the introduction, the basic coverage of the field of philosophy of some basic knowledge.
ARTICLE INFO
*Article No.:* 06082100063	*Accepted:* 01/07/2021 *Published:* 27/08/2021	Corresponding Author Zhou Mi* *E-mail:* 1024317354@ qq.com	*Keywords:* philosophy; popularization; common Sense.

Briefly describe Thomas Aquinas' five proofs of the existence of God.

The Scholastic Thomas Aquinas drew on Aristotelian philosophy to prove the existence of God. He proposed five ways to prove the existence of God:

(1) Certification of the first promoter. Everything must be driven by one thing. So, we have to be a first facilitator who is not pushed by anything, and that is God.

(2) Proof of the first cause of action. No cause, no effect. Therefore, we must conceive of a primary cause, and that is God.

(3) Proof of Necessary Being. Everything derives its existence and necessity from everything else. We must therefore conceive of something necessary, which is necessary in itself, and which at the same time gives necessity and existence to other things, and this is God.

(4) Proof from the level of existence. All things are, in varying degrees, good, true, and sublime, measured by how close they come to being the best, the truest, and the most sublime. There is, therefore, something that is most true, most good, most sublime, and therefore most existing, which is the cause of all things being and being good, true, sublime, and other perfections, and this is God.

(5) the proof of the supreme commander of things. Everything in the world is harmonious and orderly, as if under the command of one being of knowledge and wisdom, and the commander is God.

Thomas used Aristotle's philosophy to prove the existence of God, which not only made Aristotle's philosophy no longer threaten the faith of Christianity, but also made the theology of Christianity a philosophical system of thought.

Briefly describe the humanism of the Renaissance.

The so-called "Renaissance" refers to the ideological and cultural movement that originated in Italy from the 14th to the 16th century and then expanded to European countries. It takes the revival of classical culture as its form and humanism as its essence, and has extremely important historical significance in the history of western thought. The main representatives are Dante, Poldrac, Boccaccio, Da Vinci, Raphael and Michelangelo in Italy, Montaigne and Rabelais in France, Shakespeare in England and so on. The essence of the Renaissance is humanism. Humanism opposes the medieval view that exalts god and belittles man, affirms the value, dignity and nobility of man. It opposes the asceticism and the concept of afterlife advocated by medieval theology, demands enjoyment of life and liberation of personality, and affirms the meaning of real life. Opposes the feudal rank idea, advocates the human nature equality. Humanism has greatly promoted the cultural development and ideological emancipation of Western European countries, which is the "discovery of man". Renaissance humanism provided the theoretical and ideological foundation for modern philosophy.