Aristotle eternal universe

• [DOC File]Natural Theology in the Patristic Period

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  Philo explains how the cosmos is both created and eternal in language which reminds us of Aristotle, De Anima III.5: “in all existing things there must be an active cause, and a passive subject; the active cause is the intellect of the universe, thoroughly unadulterated and thoroughly unmixed, superior to virtue and superior to science ...

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• [DOC File]Aristotle’s Ethics

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  Aristotle’s aim in the Nicomachean Ethics is taking the reader through a step by step analysis of how to form that plan. A word of warning: it is well said that Aristotle is a great talker but a lousy listener. Aristotle develops the topic in his particular style using a deductive approach – by going from general definitions to specific ...

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• [DOC File]Gassendi and the Void - MIT

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  “Before the creation of the universe a certain time flowed by…a time which flows during the existence of the universe and will continue to flow when the universe ceases to be.” To argue for the eternal existence of time, or at least time independent of creation, Gassendi turned to Scripture and Pope Gelasius.

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• [DOC File]Excerpts from The Scientific Revolution (1998)

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  Aristotle’s universe is made up of substances that are . . .composed of matter and form. It is the form of a substance that establishes its nature and therefore its behavior. The universe, bounded by a perfect sphere, is . finite . and . eternal. Unlike Plato’s universe, which is homogeneous [i.e., the same throughout], Aristotle’s is ...

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• [DOC File]God and Physics: From Hawking to Avicenna

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  In fact, Avicenna accepted the established Greek view that the universe is eternal. Obviously, his view of the emanation of existing things from a primal source -- a view which excluded the free act of God -- only made sense in an eternal universe. But, does an emanationist metaphysics do justice to creation?

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• [DOC File]Aristotle (384-322 BC) - Sheffield

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  Aristotle’s God is the ultimate cause of the physical universe, but not its creator (as Plato’s demiurge is), since Aristotle believes the universe is eternal. Nor does Aristotle suggest that God has providence or foreknowledge concerned with future contingent events. But he believes that the physical universe is dependent on God.

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• [DOC File]David Hume’s Criticisms of the Cosmological Argument

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  It is difficult to believe that the universe is eternal as it appears counterintuitive of our experience in the universe (although Hume’s criticism of inferring cause and effect needs to be considered carefully here). The idea of an infinite chain of cause and effect fails Leibniz’s principle of sufficient reason as well as the belief that ...

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• [DOC File]3b: [11-14]The Greeks - Neverofftopic

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  One such instrument was the astrolabe, a model of the universe used for solving problems in maths and astronomy. It was also used for telling the time, prior to the invention of the mechanical clock in 1386. ... hence we have a vague memory of the eternal world from which we came. Aristotle (384 – 322 BC) Born in Macedonia, and came to study ...

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• [DOC File]Sophie’s World Notes

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  Shelling(1775-1854) – The human soul and physical reality are expressions of one absolute world spirit, (like Spinoza). Man bears the whole universe within himself and comes closest to the mysteries of the universe by stepping inside of himself. Nature is an organism, like a flower unfolding or a poet unfolding verses.

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• [DOC File]We saw that Aristotle opened his Ethics by referring to ...

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  Prop 29 In the universe there exists nothing contingent (contingens), but all things are determined by the necessity of the divine nature to exist and operate in a certain way. E I P29 We know by now that “by the necessity of the divine nature” he meant exactly the same as “by the laws of the divine nature” (E I P17) i.e., by the laws ...

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• [DOC File]Chapter One: Revolutionizing the Sciences

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  11) The universe is made with different substances. composed of matter & form. sphere is finite & eternal. Platos universe is divided into two regions. Aristotle earth rest at center, Aristotle moon made of four elements. Universe in order of planets. Order of planets is different from Ptolemy & Aristotle. Aristotle heavens are together

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• [DOCX File]WordPress.com

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  It is not the efficient cause of the universe, since Aristotle believed the universe was eternal. The Prime Mover is responsible for the everlasting motion and change of the universe. Since it cannot be moved, it cannot change and is thus pure actuality. It is only form but no materiality, a kind of mind, which eternally contemplates itself ...

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• [DOC File]SCIENTIFIC REVOLUTION DBQ - Mr. Butryn's History Class

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  Aristotelian advocates believed in the eternal pre-ordained motion of heavenly bodies which nothing could alter, this again implied limits on the powers of God. There is an interesting issue connected with the conflict between the Bible and Aristotle.

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• [DOC File]Notes for the Semester in WORD Format

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  Therefore, the universe is eternal (in the past) and uncreated. But why is the eternal universe structured as it actually is rather than in any other way? There must be an unmoved mover that is immutable, eternal and immaterial = pure form. The unmoved mover influences the structure of the universe as the beloved influences the lover

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