Thomas Aquinas' weakest argument is, without a doubt, the argument from gradation. In Aquinas' fourth way, God is defined as the Absolute Being which, in a sense, is used as a yardstick for the measurement of all qualities. There is a belief that some things are better than others, which can be applied to all things, but can it really be applied to everything? Is one rose better than another if equal in age and …
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…gradation that we find among things from more to less and vice versa. Just as Aquinas believes that everything that exists possesses some degree of perfection, there must be a being that is the cause of the death, destruction, chaos, evil, and any other imperfection of creatures; Satan. Simply put, this is the weakest argument of Thomas Aquinas' Five Ways to prove the existence of God. It leaves to many openings for criticism and skepticism.