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Full Idea
We can't resist the conclusion that the motion which can generate itself is infinitely superior, and all the others are inferior to it.
Gist of Idea
Self-generating motion is clearly superior to all other kinds of motion
Source
Plato (The Laws [c.349 BCE], 894d)
Book Ref
Plato: 'Complete Works', ed/tr. Cooper,John M. [Hackett 1997], p.1551
A Reaction
Who said you can't get values from facts! Not that the argument depends on superiority. There could be an inferior First Mover, as a bus driver is subservient to the passengers, or (my favourite) a head teacher is inferior to the pupils.
Related Idea
Idea 21258 The only possible beginning for the endless motions of reality is something self-generated [Plato]