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The unmoved mover () is a philosophical concept described by Aristotle as the first cause that sets the universe into motion. As is implicit in the name, the "unmoved mover" is not moved by any prio...
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He further maintained that everything that is moving has to be set in motion by something else, and thus in order to avoid an infinite regress, he posited a first mover. Aristotle's descriptions of such a "prime mover" demonstrate how he mixes physics with metaphysics.
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In his book Metaphysics (literally after physics), Aristotle calls this source of all movement the Prime Mover. The Prime Mover to Aristotle is the first of all substances, the necessary first sources of movement which is itself unmoved.
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Aristotle wavers between saying there is a single prime mover or multiple prime movers. ... When Aristotle talks about a prime mover or a first cause, he means that this mover or cause comes first conceptually rather than chronologically.
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The heart of Aristotle's work in natural philosophy comprises four central works: ... He postulates the existence of a prime mover that accounts for all movement in the world. Moreover, he argues that the prime mover is itself unmoved, just as a builder need not be built. He goes on to argue that the mover must be eternal,
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Aristotles logic consisted of syllogistic rules or propositions that would give a new conclusions. For example: All human beings are mortal. All Greeks are human beings. Thus, all Greeks are mortal. In his metaphysics, Aristotle was convinced that a divine being existed, the Prime Mover.
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By almost any measure, Aristotle is the most successful scientist who has ever lived. In addition, the number of fields of science in which he excelled or set on a productive footing is astonishing. Not to mention that he was a student of Plato's, who was a student of Socrates...
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52454. ARISTOTLE S PRIME MOVER. The concept of the unmoved mover, as found in the Physics and Metaphysics, is looked at as a biological, physical and ethical theory rather than as a definition of God. 6 pages, 0 footnotes, 0 bibliographic sources.
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