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Look past the labels and you will find some familiar ideas: "The life of the unmoved mover is self-contemplative thought ("νοήσεως νόησις (noeseos noesis)", i.
by catawbasam 10y ago
Look past the labels and you will find some familiar ideas:
"The life of the unmoved mover is self-contemplative thought ("νοήσεως νόησις (noeseos noesis)", i.e. "thought of thought").[1][2] According to Aristotle, the gods cannot potentially be distracted from this eternal self-contemplation because, in that instant, they would cease to exist."
from Wikipedia on Aristotle's Metaphysics
- redial 10y agoWas that supposed to answer op's question?
- catawbasam 10y agoIt was meant as a suggestion to Whitneyland that many religious traditions, including ancient paganism, contain ideas in common with some recent religious thought. They aren't necessarily as fundamentally opposed as they might appear at first glance. Also, while they clearly pre-date modern ideas of science, the thoughts of a person like Aristotle are worthy of consideration.
- redial 10y agoIf everything can mean anything, then yes, they are all equal. And no one is discounting Aristotle, I don't know where you are getting that idea.