Phrase meaning?

Question

( the argument from motion )

"it is certain and evident to our senses, that in the world somethings are in motion. now whatever is in motion is put in motion by another, for nothing can be in motion except it is in potentiality to that towards which it is in motion; where as a thing moves in as much as it is in act. therefore, whatever is in motion must be put in motion by another." - St. Thomas Aquinas

Answer 1

This argument shall lead one to the idea of a prime mover, or a principal mover, which shall be God. God moves everything ultimately, from whom the forst mvement came, and the rest, as a chain reaction. It is God who moves both time and space forward too.

Answer 2

Depends what you mean my motion I guess.... if you are static and not moving you could argue that you are not in motion, but by all intent and purposes that doesn't mean nothing moves. Even if you stand still you still have an energy field, your lungs and heart are still working, in action... doing something. Moving in their own way. So I guess i would argue the point about things ever being in a state of NOT being in motion. Many things get put into propulsion by the wind... so are we now coming back to the age-old argument about how god created everything, he made the wind, so he's responsible? And lets face it, does it really matter? Things move because they move! Because they can! Even things rooted to the ground like trees and plants have motion.

Answer 3

Success would never be as gratifying without the possibility of failure. If you know when you set out on a venture that it is bound to work out well, where's the challenge? I feel I need to be careful how much I tell you, even though I have nothing but good news to share. Still, though, if you hear it and believe it, where will be your motivation? And, how will you live without the dramatic tension of uncertainty? Don't be too eager to dispel all doubt. A little mystery may yet give rise to a lot of magic.

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Answer 4

If something is moving, then it must have been moved by something else, and so on and so on all the way back to the source: God.

As with all these kind of arguments it fails to answer what there was before God. Oh wait, I forgot, God can't be explained because God sets the rules but isn't goverened by them. Doh! Silly me.

Answer 5

To me it is faulty logic. Aquinas implies that every action has a purpose. He calls upon the axiom that every action has a reaction and because of this every action is a reaction to a previous action. He muddies the logic by implying that each action has some ultimate goal in itself.

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