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The Aristotelian idea Jiang uses for the first mover needed to set an initially resting universe into motion.
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Prime mover
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Glossary
Aristotle's God as the first actor that sets motion and purpose into the world.
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Newton's three laws are framed by Jiang as first an ontological argument for God, not merely physical laws: rest requires a mover, and ordered reaction implies divine structure and purpose.
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Jiang presents Aristotle's world as motion and change caused by a prime mover, where good means a changing thing moving toward its purpose or telos.
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"Newton would never say he was a scientist or a philosopher. He would say, first and foremost, he was a theologian. He was most..."
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"...put things in motion. And this is what Aristotle calls the prime mover. Second and third law implies that there's a structure and order..."
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"...universe. He believes the form of the good is called a prime mover. Alright? God is a prime mover. So God is the first..."
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"...different understanding, okay? So Aristotle starts with this, that God's a prime mover. So the prime mover, just imagine a big bang, right? Something..."
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"Okay? If you're moving away from your purpose, you're doing bad in this world. Okay? So the example is a soldier. The purpose of..."
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"...theory implies that there must have been a god called a prime mover. Okay? Because someone must have been the first to move things...."
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"But what's important in this idea is the prime mover doesn't matter because if the prime mover is the first to move, we don't..."
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"...what i argue in my videos is that eschatology is a prime mover of geopolitics now a lot of people will say that's incorrect..."
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"...is philosophy. All right? Now, let's now compare this with Aristotle's prime mover theory. Right? What Aristotle is saying is everything is motion. And..."
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The easy story says modernity begins in Europe after a medieval interruption.
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Aristotle is not treated here as the solitary genius behind Western reason.
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