First Mover

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noun

1. the Aristotelian conception of God as the unmoved mover of everything else

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First Mover

But in order that man should be moved by God, no further motion is presupposed since God is the First Mover.

From Summa Theologica, Part I-II (Pars Prima Secundae) From the Complete American Edition by Saint Thomas Aquinas

And thus since God is the First Mover, simply, it is by His motion that everything seeks to be likened to God in its own way.

From Summa Theologica, Part I-II (Pars Prima Secundae) From the Complete American Edition by Saint Thomas Aquinas

I. Of Liberty and Necessity I. There is said to be a First Mover, who is called God, Maker of the Universe.

From Benjamin Franklin Representative selections, with introduction, bibliograpy, and notes by Chester E. Jorgenson

I. There is said to be a First Mover, who is called God, Maker of the Universe.

From Benjamin Franklin Representative selections, with introduction, bibliograpy, and notes by Chester E. Jorgenson

Unity of Aristotle's First Mover follows from His immateriality, 679-l.

From Morals and Dogma of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry by Albert Pike