For this past week we had to read a chapter on Arthur Schopenhauer that focused on how he continued Kant's Copernican Revolution, along with how he disagreed with Kant.
One major point of Kant's that Schopenhauer disagreed with was the idea that God is the first cause. Schopenhauer's response to this was: if everything has a cause then what caused God? It is on this point that I would like to focus this blog on.
I agree with Kant on this one, that God is the first cause. If we were to take Schopenhauer's view on this point then a first cause would never be found because what caused that first cause. Somethings are just beyond human knowledge and I think the "First Cause" is one of those things, if you take Schopenhauer's route. But, if you take Kant's route and simply take the leap of faith and believe that God is the First Cause then all your beliefs in life and human nature will follow suit. I don't understand how you can believe anything if you have no belief of a beginning. I for one believe in a God and believe that God is the First Cause, so I just don't agree with the over analyzing and extra questioning to the point that no answer exists.
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