Unmoved mover
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The unmoved mover (ού κινούμενον κινεῖ) is a philosophical concept described by Aristotle as the first cause that sets the universe into motion. As is implicit in the name, the "unmoved mover" is not moved by any prior action. In his book Metaphysics, Aristotle describes the unmoved mover as being perfectly beautiful, indivisible, and contemplating only the perfect contemplation: itself contemplating.
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See also
- Primum Mobile
- Primum movens
- The All
- Causeless cause
- Chaos
- Cosmological argument
- Dynamics of the celestial spheres
- Godhead
- Logos
- The One; Monad
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