Who propounded the existence of God by the argument from motion?

Correct option is A

Correct answer:a St Aquinas
​Introduction: ​The argument from motion is a classic cosmological proof for the existence of God, formulated within the framework of medieval Christian scholastic philosophy.
​Information Booster: · ​ The First Way: In his theological masterpiece, the Summa Theologiae, St. Thomas Aquinas presented his famous "Five Ways" ( Quinque Viae) to prove the existence of God. The very first of these is the Argument from Motion ( Prima Via).
· ​ Potentiality to Actuality: Drawing heavily on Aristotelian physics, Aquinas observed that everything in the physical world is in a state of motion (change). For something to move, it must be put in motion by something else that is already actualized, as a thing cannot move itself from potentiality to actuality.
· ​ The Infinite Regress: Because an infinite chain of moved movers is logically impossible (as it would mean there was no first mover, and thus no motion at all), Aquinas concluded that there must exist a first source of motion.
· ​ The Unmoved Mover: This primary source of change is not moved by anything else—the Unmoved Mover, which is understood by everyone to be God.
​Additional Knowledge: · ​ Pythagoras:
· ​Pythagoras was a pre-Socratic Greek philosopher and mathematician who viewed the cosmos as structured by numbers and mathematical harmony. He did not formulate systematic, formal theological proofs for God's existence based on physical motion.
· ​ Gorgias:
· ​Gorgias was a prominent Sophist and nihilistic philosopher famous for his radical skepticism. His treatise On Non-Existence argued that nothing exists, or if it does, it cannot be known or communicated, which is the absolute opposite of proving God's existence.
· ​ Thales:
· ​Thales was an early Milesian naturalist who identified water as the primary material substance of the cosmos. He did not develop formal scholastic or metaphysical proofs for a transcendent God using the mechanics of motion.