Aristotle And Prime Mover Similarities

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There are similarities between the two figures. Firstly, they are both responsible for the universe; the book of genesis describes how the Judeo-Christian God created the earth in seven days, personally designing everything on earth. Aristotle’s Prime Mover is also responsible for the universe- as in a domino line analogy; the Prime Mover pushed the first domino, causing everything else to happen on earth. They also both exist necessarily, meaning the universe could not exist without them. Similarly, they are both the reason for the universe existing in the first place- they caused the universe to exist. God did this by creating everything- Genesis 1 opens with the line “In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth”, and though the

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