How Does Plato's Form Of The Good Compare With Aristotle's Prime Mover? Flashcards

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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 ?

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Goodness.

Unchanging.

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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.

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Ultimate.

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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.

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Existence.

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Also, unlike the God of Christianity, neither the Form of the Good or the Prime Mover take an interest in ? affairs of ?

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Moral.

Humanity.

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The For, of the Good is not a “?” with a mind; it has no intentions or emotions.

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Being.

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The Prime Mover draws things to itself by ? making them move and change.

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Attraction.

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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.

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Nature.

Mind.

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The Form of the Good is solely ? whereas the Prime Mover is more to do with motion, cause and change rather than ?

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Goodness.

Morality.

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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.

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Knowledge.

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