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Episode 31 - Aristotle on Divinity, and First Mover
In this episode we go to one of the deepest levels of Aristotelian thinking, the consideration of the concept of Divinity. He describes this as the "First Mover" of all things, and also as "thinking in itself", thought contemplating itself.
The passage on thought is the following:
"For the actuality of thought is life, and God is that actuality; and God’s essential actuality is life most good and eternal. We say therefore that God is a living being, eternal, most good, so that life and duration continuous and eternal belong to God; for this is God."
Metaphysics, Book 12 Section 7.
And the First Mover;
"There is a mover which moves without being moved, being eternal, substance, and actuality."
He also outlines the concept of Divinity of being "being" or existence, in itself.
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In this episode we go to one of the deepest levels of Aristotelian thinking, the consideration of the concept of Divinity. He describes this as the "First Mover" of all things, and also as "thinking in itself", thought contemplating itself.
The passage on thought is the following:
"For the actuality of thought is life, and God is that actuality; and God’s essential actuality is life most good and eternal. We say therefore that God is a living being, eternal, most good, so that life and duration continuous and eternal belong to God; for this is God."
Metaphysics, Book 12 Section 7.
And the First Mover;
"There is a mover which moves without being moved, being eternal, substance, and actuality."
He also outlines the concept of Divinity of being "being" or existence, in itself.
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