Aquinas' "argument from the nature of efficient cause" claims that ______
A. in a world of cause and effect, there must be some "first cause"
B. because natural causation is so efficient, the universe can be explained without God's existence
C. just as the efficiency of a watchmaker reveals his intelligence, so the efficiency of natural processes reveals God's intelligence
D. the very concept of God as "that-than-which-nothing-greater-can-be-thought" can account for all causes and all effects
Answer: A
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