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Heloise Tudor
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A mindmap about Aristotle's Prime Mover. Includes: what the Prime Mover is, comparison with the Biblical God, characteristics of the Prime Mover, and evaluation of Aristotle's idea.

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Heloise Tudor
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The PrimeMoverMovement depends on there being a mover. Ifnothing acted on an object it wouldn't change.If an object ischanging or movingthen it's being actedon by another object,which is being actedon by another oneetc.Infinite Regress (infiniteseries) is impossible, so thechain must lead tosomething that moves but isunmoved or motionless - thePrime Mover.The Prime Mover is the causeof change/motion in theuniverse.CharacteristicsHasnecessaryexistence =doesn'tdepend onanything forits existenceNot capable ofchangeIt is 'actuality bynature'It's nature is good because itdoesn't need to changeThe FinalCause, theultimateexplanationfor whythings existA pure,immaterialbeing.Existsjustasthought.Transcendent,impersonalLinks thePrime Moverwith God, butit's different toin the Bible.Doesn't think about the universeor what happens in it. Then itwould change as its knowledgedid.This God onlythinks aboutGodEvaluation+ argumentbased on causeand effect. It'spresent in theworld as scienceshows.- We're just not ableto cope with theknowledge thatnothing is out there.- Existence could beexplained by science orchanceDouble click this nodeto edit the textClick and drag this buttonto create a new node