The causality of the unmoved mover
This paper aims at the causal activity of the unmoved mover of Aristotle. The author affirms both the efficient causality of God (the unmoved mover) and his teleological role. If, according to Aristotle, the main divine character is ‘thinking on thinking’, then his influence ought not to be analysed...
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| Formato: | artículo |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2013 |
| País: | Brasil |
| Recursos: | Faculdade de São Bento (FSB) |
| Repositorio: | Hypnos |
| Idioma: | portugués |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:ojs.hypnos.org.br:article/167 |
| Acesso em linha: | https://hypnos.org.br/index.php/hypnos/article/view/167 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palavra-chave: | Unmoved mover Causality Teleology God Motor inmóvil causalidad teleologÃa Dios |
| Resumo: | This paper aims at the causal activity of the unmoved mover of Aristotle. The author affirms both the efficient causality of God (the unmoved mover) and his teleological role. If, according to Aristotle, the main divine character is ‘thinking on thinking’, then his influence ought not to be analysed bearing in mind that he not only moves as it is “desired” by him, but also as it is “thought”. We introduce some new texts in order to argue for an efficient causal interpretation of the divine action, but above all we intend to present arguments based upon many general philosophical arguments to support final causality as purported by Aristotle himself. |
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