The first argument introduced by Aquinas states that nothing could move, unless it is being moved by something else, suggesting that there is an original mover. Aquinas asserts that motion is nothing else than the reduction of something from potentiality to actuality, but nothing can be reduced from potentiality to actuality except by something in a state of actuality. Further, he concludes that since the relationship between motion and mover can't go on to infinity, there must have been a first mover- God. However, the first argument ignites several questions. First, how do we know that all things are in motion? The idea of motion is based on sense perception, simply showing but not proving that all existing things are in motion. Then, which sense perception is the accurate one? Apparently, Aquinas does not present facts supporting his idea for the existence of God. He uses the notion of motion introduces earlier by Aristotle, but in opposition to him, St Thomas saw all motion as......
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