How Does Plato's Form Of The Good Compare With Aristotle's Prime Mover? Flashcards
Plato’s understanding of the Form of the Good gives Christians the concept of God as a perfect source of ?, with an ultimate reality and existence which is permanent and ?
Goodness.
Unchanging.
Aristotle’s understanding of the Prime Mover gives Christianity an understanding of God who is the ? cause of all that exists but is himself not caused by anything else.
Ultimate.
Both the Form of the Good and the Primer Mover, like the God of Christianity, have an independent, “necessary ?”; they depend on nothing else for their own existence.
Existence.
Also, unlike the God of Christianity, neither the Form of the Good or the Prime Mover take an interest in ? affairs of ?
Moral.
Humanity.
The For, of the Good is not a “?” with a mind; it has no intentions or emotions.
Being.
The Prime Mover draws things to itself by ? making them move and change.
Attraction.
The Prime Mover thinks of itself and it’s own perfect ? whereas the Form of the Good doesn’t have a ? with which to think.
Nature.
Mind.
The Form of the Good is solely ? whereas the Prime Mover is more to do with motion, cause and change rather than ?
Goodness.
Morality.
The Form of the Good is something which, possibly, humans might be able to encounter once they’ve left this life, but there’s no suggestion that humans could ever gain further ? of the Primer Mover after death.
Knowledge.