The Causality of the Prime Mover in Metaphysics Λ
Journal
Aristotle's "Metaphysics" lambda : new essays : proceedings of the 13th Conference of the Karl and Gertrud-Abel Foundation, Bonn, November, 28th-December 1st, 2010
Date Issued
2016
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Type
Resource Types::text::conference output::conference proceedings::conference paper
Abstract
The aim of this paper is to propose a critical revision of the traditional interpretation of Met. Λ, according to which the Aristotelian Prime Mover is the final cause that explains the eternal movement of the heaven, rather than a formal or an efficient cause postulated for the same purpose. The importance of this discussion is widely acknowledged, and it is a subject upon which there is no unanimous agreement among interpreters. The different accounts of the causal relationship between the Unmoved Mover and the physical world have given rise to one of the most recurrent controversies in the history of the transmission of the Corpus Aristotelicum, and it is a question that does not admit simple or simplistic answers. ©2016 Walter de Gruyter GmbH