PHI 2380 Final: 2015-03-27 - Aristotle, p. 187-194.docx
24 Apr 2015
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There are 3 kinds of substances 2 natural, and 1 unmoved. Motion and time have always been (they cannot come to be or perish). However, something must initiate motion it does not self-cause. Motion must be caused by a substance that actualizes its potential, and a substance that is matter-less, because matter perishes. Aristotle posits this motion to be specifically circular in nature. There is always something being moved in a ceaseless, circular motion. Understanding is the highest and greatest activity and is the primordial activity which god engages in. As human beings (with the function to understand), we strive towards better fulfilling our function, which. Therefore, we strive/move towards god (in a circular motion): why do you think aristotle claims that the god"s understanding is an. God understands what is most divine and valuable. It does not think/understand anything else because these things are lesser than what is most divine and valuable.
