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Full Idea
The existence of the first mover is necessary, and in that it is necessary it is good.
Gist of Idea
The first mover is necessary, and because it is necessary it is good
Source
Aristotle (Metaphysics [c.324 BCE], 1072b10)
Book Ref
Aristotle: 'Metaphysics', ed/tr. Lawson-Tancred,Hugh [Penguin 1998], p.374
A Reaction
This is the direct antithesis of David Hume's is/ought distinction (that the universe is value-free).
| 273 | Movement is transmitted through everything, and it must have started with self-generated motion [Plato] |
| 148 | If the prime origin is destroyed, it will not come into being again out of anything [Plato] |
| 308 | If the cosmos is an object of perception then it must be continually changing [Plato] |
| 1498 | Everyone agrees that the world had a beginning, but thinkers disagree over whether it will end [Aristotle] |
| 613 | Even if the world is caused by fate, mind and nature are still prior causes [Aristotle] |
| 619 | Something which both moves and is moved is intermediate, so it follows that there must be an unmoved mover [Aristotle] |
| 620 | The first mover is necessary, and because it is necessary it is good [Aristotle] |
| 5977 | Heaven and earth must be created, because they are subject to change [Augustine] |
| 21108 | The universe is precisely 13.72 billion years old [Krauss] |
| 16581 | Scholastic authors agree that matter was created by God, out of nothing [Pasnau] |