PHILOS 1A03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Unmoved Mover, Hellenistic Philosophy, Epicurus
4 Mar 2015
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Form is them oat veritably real and in being about a substance. A substance is characterized by its essence the form together with its many accidents. Return to the idea of the unmoved mover. Moves everything in nature, but does not move itself. E. g. movement of stars is perfectly circular and acts as an imitation of divine motion. E. g. four elements; aristotle adds idea that these elements are always cycling and moving) Maintain homogeneity of unmoved mover; teleological cause of changes in elemental beings. Eternality of the species is made possible by organismic reproduction. Weak, nite imitation of divine perfection, divine motion. By the end of his argument, aristotle thinks he has clearly de ned substance etc. Wisdom comes down to philosophical knowledge of god. Moment of wisdom is to momentarily experience how a god feels. For a brief moment, there is no division between our mortal mind and the divine mind of god.
