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THEARGUMENT

OF THEUNMOVEDMOVERAquinas' Five Ways

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 Tumala, John Paulo R.

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 Thomas Aquinas:122!12"#$omini%an F&ia&, atholi% theolo(ian, and

autho& o) “Summa Theologica” 

*m+i&i%al +&oo)s based on obse&vin( the-o&ld and usin( +&o+ositional/dedu%tive lo(i%.

Res+onded to his o-n%hallen(e -ith 0ve +&oo)s o)ods e3isten%e

 The 4Five Ways5 (Quinque

Viae)

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 The A&(ument o) the 6nmoved7ove&

a&(ues that od must be the 0&st %auseo) motion in the unive&se

 the&e)o&e a )o&m o) the %osmolo(i%ala&(ument.

em+loys A&istotle's di%hotomy o)+otentiality and a%tuality

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7otionP&o%ess

han(e*volution

8o%omotion

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 Thin(s a&e in motion.

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47otion is nothin( else than the &edu%tion o)somethin( )&om +otentiality to a%tuality 9t %annot be %omin( )&om a state o)

AT6A89T.

*3am+le: Fi&e a%tually hot ma;es -ate&hot.

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A%tuality and +otentiality is-ith &es+e%t to di<e&ent states.

*3am+le: A thin( %annot be +otentiallyhot and a%tually hot at the same time.

9t %annot be its o-n sou&%e.

What is moved must be moved by thatin motion

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4Fo& eve&ythin( that moves has a%o&&es+ondin( move& and vi%e ve&sa5

Principle of Motion:

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A thin( %annot, in the same &es+e%t and in thesame -ay, move itsel): it &equi&es a move&.

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An in0nite &e(&ess o) move&s isim+ossible.

Se&ies o) motion%annot (o to9=F9=9T

8o(i%ally :A>S6R$

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=e%essa&y to %ome u+ -ith a 0&ststa&tin( +oint: The F9RST 7?@*R

ondition:

7ust be PR97* 7?@*R/ 6=7?@*$7?@*R

Pu&e AT6A89T. 9t %annot be that the&esome movin( bein( be)o&e it othe&-iseit is A>S6R$

=eve& in a state o) P?T*=T9A89T

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 The&e)o&e, the&e is an unmoved move&)&om -hom all motion +&o%eeds.

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 This move&, eve&yone %alls

God

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P&oblems: -hat moved the

0&st move& If the rst o!er is God" #h$t o!ed %or

c$&sed' God( )peci$l Ple$din*: If *od is +&nc$&sed," +$

necess$r- .ein*," $nd h$s $l#$-s e/isted"then #h- c$n #e not $lso s$- this is tr&e ofthe &ni!erse it self(

0h$t does it e!en e$n to t$l1 of $ .ein*th$t +e/ists o&tside of sp$ce $nd tie," $s

theist do of *od( 2i1e $n $.str$ct Pl$tonico.3ect %tri$n*le" circle" etc'(

Ho# c$n $n entit- o&tside of sp$ce $ndtie $4ect thin*s in sp$ce $nd tie(