Plato's Unmoved Mover

The world views of three famous greek philosophers
Socrates believes that there is a God/s and that their knowledge is not limited, and they are present everywhere. As they know best what is good, man should simply pray for the good and not for particular objects like gold. Plato believes that there is a supreme being or God and that god is perfect. Aristotle believes in a God and he calls him the unmoved mover. Aristotle believed that the Unmoved Mover never changes or has any potential to change, never begins and never ends, and so is eternal. Aristotle claimed that eternal things must be good; there can be no defect in something that exists necessarily, because badness is connected with some kind of imperfection. Homers belief is that there are gods, the original Greek gods. They were greedy, and jealous of each other.
Aristotle believed that the universe was eternal. That earth was at the center of the universe and made up of only four elements. Earth, water, air, and fire. He also thought that celestial bodies such as the sun, moon, and stars, were perfect and divine, and made of a fifth element called ether. Plato believes that the universe is spherical. Plato proposed that the variation in the planetary motions is because each planet, as a god, …show more content…
That the reason people are evil is because they dont know better. Aristotle describes human nature as having rational and irrational psyches as well as a natural drive for creating society, gaining knowledge, finding happiness and feeling connected with God. More broadly, Aristotle believed that every species, including humans, had their own nature, and it was their natural aim to fulfill that nature. Socrates believed that nobody willingly chooses to do wrong and that that doing wrong always harmed the wrongdoer and that nobody seeks to bring harm upon themselves. Homer thinks mans nature is equally good and bad he has the choice to do good things or bad