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Single Idea 620

[from 'Metaphysics' by Aristotle, in 27. Natural Reality / E. Cosmology / 3. The Beginning ]

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 Reference

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).