aquinas’ first way
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main aim
to argue that a first mover, God, exists
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premise one
the universe contains motion
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premise 2
nothing can move itself it must be moved by something distinct from it
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premise three
if there were an infinite series of movers then there would be no first mover
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premise four
if you remove the cause you cannot have the effect
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conclusion one
so if there were no first mover, there could not be any motion
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conclusion two
therefore, given premise one there must be first mover and this is what we call God
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motion
the transition from potential to actual
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actual
describes a property something has
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potential
describes a property something could have but does not actually have