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en-wikipedia-org-7433		Argument from degree - Wikipedia			.html	text/html	3054	459	62	It is based on ontological and theological notions of perfection.[2] Contemporary Thomist scholars are often in disagreement on the metaphysical justification for this proof.[citation needed] According to Edward Feser, the metaphysics involved in the argument has more to do with Aristotle than Plato; hence, while the argument presupposes realism about universals and abstract objects, it would be more accurate to say Aquinas is thinking of Aristotelian realism and not Platonic realism per se. However, in the second article, St. Thomas has already asserted that the only way to prove the existence of God is from his effects, and it is only possible to conduct this proof based on the nature of causality.[10] Therefore, the fourth way is not a probabilistic argument.[7] It does not merely say that because degree is observed in things, it is likely that God exists as an "exemplar in this order" (the order of things that are good, true, and be).	./cache/en-wikipedia-org-7433.html	./txt/en-wikipedia-org-7433.txt