"Whatever is in motion is moved by some cause. If the moving cause is itself in motion, then it must be moved by some other cause...the nature of every natural object is an unmoved mover...each eternal unmoved mover is a god" (Robinson, 52). As stated in the text, this is how Timothy Robinson sums up Aristotle's view of a god. In other words, he is saying that everything is in motion, and that motion is eternal. That eternal motion has a cause, and that cause has a cause, which is moved by an unmoved mover. Thi

What exactly are the Gods? Aristotle explains them as being eternal but not a physical or material thing. The only type of thing that can be this is a pure form without matter. This is why the notion of the Gods is very non-Aristolian, because his whole concept is a combination of both form and matter. However, the Gods are seen as pure form without matter.

For Aristotle, Gods are not religious the way that we see them. For him, they are the most valuable things, next to metaphysics and The Soul. Aristotle feels that he needs the Gods to exist because the whole notion of them are a scientific problem, prior to the 1600's. The question always was, What keeps the universve running? He needs an answer to this so the Gods play that role, they function as an explanation.

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