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- Aristotle referred to the First Cause also as the "Prime Mover ... Cause is only one because it (he) is the Prime Mover only with pure form without ...8 KB (1,282 words) - 19:54, 26 March 2024
- process, is found in the prime mover (or the "unmoved mover"). The prime mover is the pure form, entirely separate from all matter ...13 KB (2,076 words) - 06:32, 1 April 2024
- Nous was an architect of the cosmos and the first mover of the cosmic ... passed from him to Aristotle, who postulated a prime mover. ...9 KB (1,342 words) - 19:07, 26 July 2023
- of a First Cause of all motion, or of a Prime Mover who as First Cause cannot have any other cause of motion above Him, and must, therefore, ...20 KB (3,202 words) - 22:53, 8 April 2021
- Aquinas accepted Aristotle’s doctrine of hylomorphism, defining ... =====*Prime Mover===== "It is clear that there are in this world ...28 KB (4,356 words) - 22:59, 30 April 2023
- == Prime movers == There are many options for the "prime mover" or motor which ...13 KB (1,967 words) - 07:49, 23 January 2023
- from a fuel source, it is called a prime mover; if it produces kinetic ... In 1551, Taqi al-Din invented a practical steam turbine as a prime ...16 KB (2,420 words) - 18:34, 13 February 2024
- in the Aristotelian view of God as the prime mover, a non-material self-consciousness that is outside of the world. On the other hand, philosophies ...11 KB (1,539 words) - 00:39, 2 May 2023
- system to couple the output of the prime mover to the driving wheels ... system of gears. Aside from the unusual prime mover, a GTEL is very similar ...22 KB (3,331 words) - 07:49, 9 March 2023
- elements of Neoplatonism. He regarded God as the Prime Mover, in accord with Aristotle’s teachings. However, God was separated from the world and did ...10 KB (1,606 words) - 14:38, 27 January 2023
- , was a British Conservative politician and Prime Minister of the United Kingdom ... very supportive of the invasion, then a prime mover in Britain's withdrawal ...20 KB (2,989 words) - 09:22, 19 January 2024
- crumbling Latin manuscripts and was a prime mover in the recovery of knowledge from the writers of Rome and Greece. Among other accomplishments ...11 KB (1,750 words) - 01:38, 24 November 2022
- its own god—an unchanging divine unmoved mover, and who moves its sphere ... was moved by a fixed unmoved mover, the Prime Mover, who was identified with ...58 KB (9,037 words) - 23:45, 3 December 2023
- had argued in favor of an unchanging 'Prime Mover' on the basis of the apparently unchanging and necessary movements of the stars and planets ...14 KB (2,001 words) - 05:30, 5 November 2022
- in-chief, Col. Wolseley was the prime mover in practically all of the steps taken at the War Office for promoting the efficiency of the army ...19 KB (2,878 words) - 04:34, 18 April 2024
- An electrical generator is a device that converts mechanical energy to electrical energy, generally using electromagnetic induction. The source ...16 KB (2,450 words) - 15:52, 13 February 2024
- *Thinking vs. Feeling (thinking as the prime-mover in decision-making vs. feelings as the prime-mover in decision-making) *Perceiving vs. Judging ...35 KB (5,056 words) - 17:58, 26 March 2023
- of cogeneration processes and as a prime mover. This is becoming known ... turbines) and to a lesser extent as marine prime movers. In the former, the ...41 KB (6,343 words) - 19:56, 9 February 2023
- God, not part of the universe, a motionless prime mover and first cause. The fixed stars were part of this celestial sphere, all at the same fixed ...16 KB (2,416 words) - 13:28, 15 December 2022
- often referred to as the "Unmoved Prime Mover" in his work Metaphysics ... argument, specifically that of a Prime Mover who, so to speak, looks ...81 KB (12,883 words) - 08:12, 24 January 2023
