In Aristotelian philosophy, it's the godlike source of all activity in the history of the universe
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John Philoponus (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy)  Mar 11, 2003 ... Although the Aristotelian-Neoplatonic tradition was the source of his ... among all ancient philosophers (i.e., those down to the time of Aristotle) including Homer. ... their intellect and their character with a view to becoming godlike as ... In the same way, Philoponus argues, soul, as an incorporeal activity in...
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Free Flashcards about PHILOSOPHY - StudyStack  DALAI LAMA. IN ARISTOTELIAN PHILOSOPHY, IT'S THE GODLIKE SOURCE OF ALL ACTIVITY IN THE HISTORY OF THE UNIVERSE... THE PRIME MOVER.
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J! Archive - Show #5016, aired 2006-06-05  Jun 5, 2006 ... America's first literary lion, this "History of New York" author mentored .... In Aristotelian philosophy, it's the godlike source of all activity in the...
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Aristotle's Natural Philosophy (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy)  May 26, 2006 ... 8 the existence of the unmoved mover of the universe, ... The science of physics, Aristotle stresses, contains almost all there is to know about .... However, when the matter of an entity functions as its naturei.e., .... responsible for its own activities, including the ones which bring it to a ..... Secondary Sources.
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Aristotle: Motion and its Place in Nature | Internet Encyclopedia of ...  Aristotle's account of motion can be found in the Physics. .... It is at the heart not only of his definition of motion, but of all his thought. ... In the case of the fish at rest, its actuality is the activity of metabolism, the work by which it is ... is in activity: to be a rock is to strain to be at the center of the universe, and thus to be in motion...
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THE ART OF KNOWING - SlideShare  Feb 10, 2014 ... ... choice, and an extra G has quite a track record, and it hardly seems rational to ignore it. ..... a veritable modern-day Nostradamus, the most amazing mentalist in history ... however, is that he's the world's foremost mentalist, having correctly ..... Who did he think he was, amusing himself at the expense of an...
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Free Flashcards about PHILOSOPHY - StudyStack  Free flashcards to help memorize facts about PHILOSOPHY. Other activities to help include hangman, ... 1620'S "NOVUM ORGANUM" IS CONSIDERED THE GREATEST WORK BY THIS BRITISH PHILOSOPHER... FRANCIS BACON.
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PlatoFootnote.org  Philosophy is difficult to define precisely, but - as American Justice Potter Stewart once famously said of pornography - one recognizes ... According to Alfred North Whitehead, "The safest general characterization of the European philosophical tradition is that it consists of a series of footnotes to Plato" (Process and Reality, p.
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Ancient Ethical Theory (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy)  Aug 3, 2004 ... In their moral theories, the ancient philosophers depended on several ... Virtue is a general term that translates the Greek word aret. ... It is significant that synonyms for eudaimonia are living well and doing well. ...... Epicurean moral theory is the most prominent hedonistic theory in the ancient world.
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Hedonism - By Branch / Doctrine - The Basics of Philosophy  Hedonism is the philosophy that pleasure is the most important pursuit of ... The term "hedonism" is derived from the Greek "hedone" meaning simply "pleasure". ... Its founder, Epicurus, agreed that pleasure is the greatest good, but he...
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The Universe in a Nutshell by Stephen Hawking  Reviews ...  This is a kind of follow up for Hawking A Brief History of Time which sold over 10 ... After his international bestseller, A Brief History of Time in 80s, he wanted to...
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The Origin of the Universe - Stephen Hawking  They were therefore thought to be a constant background, and either to have existed ... If one believed that the universe had a beginning, the obvious question was ... was one of the most important intellectual discoveries of the 20th century, or of ... In the Steady State theory, as galaxies moved apart, the idea was that new...
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Legendary Philosophers: The Life and Philosophy of Aristotle ...  All men by nature desire to know. ... Furthermore, after Aristotle, Greek thought and political influence began a rapid decline, ... slowly but surely began to fade, making Aristotle the last of ancient Greece's great philosophers. .... Aristotle considered metaphysics to be the primary science and believed knowledge begins with...
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Renaissance Philosophy | Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy  A fundamental assumption of the Renaissance movement was that the ... to humanity and that the works of ancient philosophers had preserved part of this ... Many Renaissance Aristotelians read Aristotle for scientific or secular reasons, with no .... shortcomings of contemporary teaching and advocated a humanist reform of...
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It Started With A Bang - iSites  focuses on a natural, if also singular and spectacular event, a primordial ... contemplating the cosmos, especially since our understanding of a large chunk of ... The job of physics is to tell what has happened and to predict what ... The universe is still expanding and all the distant stars are rushing ... A decade before Hubble,.
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Cosmos - Wikipedia  The cosmos is the universe regarded as a complex and orderly system; the opposite of chaos. The philosopher Pythagoras used the term cosmos (Ancient Greek: ) for the order of the universe, ... "worldly life" or "this world" or "this age" as opposed to the afterlife or World to Come. ... Ascended master  Carl Sagan.
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Brain Quotes and Proverbs - Classic HeartQuotes Archive  Our own brain, our own heart is our temple; the philosophy is kindness. ... Aristotle (from De motu animalium, 4th century B.C.) ... The brain is an organ of minor importance. ... Anybody who watches three games of football in a row should be declared ... Leibniz compared it to a mill, and I am told some of the ancient Greeks...
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Free Flashcards about PHILOSOPHY - StudyStack  IT'S SENSIBLE TO BET THAT GOD EXISTS, SAYS THE PASCAL WORK, ... THIS IDEA THAT GOD & THE UNIVERSE ARE IDENTICAL WAS POWERFULLY STATED BY SPINOZA IN THE 17TH CENTURY. ... THIS PHILOSOPHER'S IDEA OF THE UBERMENSCH INCLUDED PEOPLE LIKE FREDERICK THE GREAT.
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A Templeton Conversation: Does science make belief in God obsolete  That's not the question, but "Does science makes believe in God obsolete?" It is a .... As far as I'm concerned, if "God" exists, then he is clearly a strictly logical being--a ...... This fine little conundrum deserves a name: how about "Peirce's Pretty Pickle"? ...... But what makes anyone think that religion has anything to contribute?
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Aristotle on why the highest good is happiness | Ask a Philosopher  Nov 17, 2011 ... He disagrees with the famous quote from Solon that no-one can call ... Happiness is the greatest good, because it is at the bottom of every ... Online programs in philosophy from the International Society for Philosophers...
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HISTORY OF PHILOSOPHY  one's soul is one's god, all the nature is full of gods, said Thales. It's known .... Parmenides. Heraclitus of Ephesus is most famous with his sacramental dictum.