Aristotle's Prime Mover

Question 1

Aristotle thought there must be some kind of ? cause to make all change happen in the universe.

Answer 1

Efficient.

Question 2

God must be the ? Mover (also Unmoved Mover), a cause which actualises the potential in everything else. The Prime Mover must be a being with no ? - “pure actuality”.

Answer 2

Prime.

Potential.

Question 3

The Prime Mover causes change and ? by attracting other things towards itself. The final cause of movement is a desire for ?

Answer 3

Motion.

God.

Question 4

Aristotle believed that God doesn’t depend on anything else for his ?

Answer 4

Existence.

Question 5

According to Aristotle, God must be ? because of this lack of potential.

Answer 5

Eternal.

Question 6

If God is pure ? then he must contain everything that ought to be there, so he must be perfect.

Answer 6

Actuality.

Question 7

God must be ? and beyond time and space.

Answer 7

Immaterial.

Question 8

The Prime Mover is the ? cause of everything that exists in the Universe.

Answer 8

Final.

Question 9

From Aristotle, Christians inherit the idea that God is ?

Answer 9

Changeless.