First Mover

British  

noun

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

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Example Sentences

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 Pike, Albert

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 Jorgenson, Chester E.

Now not only is every motion from God as from the First Mover, but all formal perfection is from Him as from the First Act.

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

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 Thomas, Aquinas, Saint

To the depersonalized First Mover, however, he has added "some of those Passions he has planted in us," and he suggests furthermore that the Deity is mildly providential.

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