God--Proof from grades of perfection
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Proof from grades of perfection 
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Argument from grades of perfection for God's existence
Degrees of goodness argument for God's existence
Degrees of perfection argument for God's existence
Fourth Way (Proof for God's existence)
God--Proof, Henological
Grades of existence argument for God's existence
Grades of perfection proof for God's existence
Henological proof of God
Proof from grades of perfection for God's existence
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Closely Matching Concepts from Other Schemes
Sources
found: Work cat.: Wagner, M. Die philosophischen Implikate der 'Quarta via', c1989.
found: Encyc. dict. relig.:v. 2, 1511 art. ("God, Proofs for the existence of" refers to "(the) fourth (argument) from gradated existence, measurably more or less perfect ...")
found: Harvey handbk. theol. terms:p. 194 ("Proofs for the Existence of God," "The argument from the degrees of goodness (ex gradibus) ...")
found: New Cath. encyc.:v. 6, p. 551 (Proofs for the Existence of God includes Thomas' Five Ways, incl. fourth from composition and imperfection to God as Absolute Perfection) pp. 563-568, art. ("God, Proofs for the Existence of," particularly on Thomas' Five Ways, treats Thomas' Fourth Way as the "Proof from Grades of Perfection")
found: Ox. dict. Chr. ch.:art. ("Quinque viae" says of the fourth way: "(that) the comparisons we make (more or less 'true', 'good', 'noble', etc.) imply a standard of comparison which is itself perfect in all these qualities ...")
found: Encyc. phil.:v. 2, pp. 324-326, art. ("Degrees of perfection, Argument for the Existence of God" finds its best known expression as the fourth of Thomas Aquinas' 'Five Ways' ... the least widely accepted of Aquinas' proofs for the existence of God." Also called the "henological argument.")
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1989-07-21: new
1989-08-29: revised
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