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GCSE Religious Studies · key term
The source of change which is not itself changed or moved by another. Aquinas identifies this as God.
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Specification 1.6, 1.7 · Paper 3
Revise: Cosmological ArgumentThere must be a first or unmoved mover which brings about change without itself being moved by another. He identifies this as God.
An independent source of motion or change that is not itself moved or changed by another; Aquinas identifies this as God.
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Specification 2.6 · Paper 1, Paper 2, Paper 3
Aquinas’ term for the ultimate source of change, which causes change without itself needing to be changed by something else; he identifies this with God.
Revise: The Cosmological ArgumentAquinas argues that a chain of dependent movers cannot explain change without an ultimate source of their activity. He concludes that there must be an unmoved mover, which causes change without needing to be changed by another. He identifies this with God.
