Tag: prime mover
Understanding the “Prime Mover” Argument
I have written that “the first way seems to be a special case of the second way“. That may have been premature. Now Aquinas writes that “motion is nothing else than the reduction of something from potentiality to actuality.” (ST, I, 2, 3) The most important thing to do in considering this argument is to [...]
Posted: May 5th, 2008 under Philosophy, Religion.
Tags: Aquinas, first way, motion, prime mover, pure act
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