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Ancient Philosophical Influences, The Prime Mover (AO2: (++ Avoids problem…
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The Prime Mover
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-- If the Prime mover does exist, where does physical matter originate from?
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Must be Unmoved
Otherwise, something has to have moved it
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If there is no first mover, then 'cause and effect' will go on forever, backwards
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Impassive - no emotions, doesn't have knowledge of the world, doesn't interact with the world
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Plato's Cave
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Although Plato may be right about not relying solely on our senses, we do still need our senses, and the information they provide, in order to survive.
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The story presents prisoners, chained in a cave underground so that they can't move - they have been this way since birth,
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If a prisoner was released to the outside world, they would discover that this is the real world, unlike the cave.
If the prisoner returned to share their findings the other prisoners would mock the escapee, or even threaten to kill him
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Plato's Forms
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'The Form of the good' is the most important, greatest form
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Forms are perfect, ideal concepts of that exist in 'reality'
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