The plurality of Unmoved Movers and the Types of Intellection Aristotle's Metaphysics Λ
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In this paper, I aim to explore the nature of the first unmoved motor and the nature of the other unmoved mov-ers in Aristotle's Metaphysics Λ. My analysis will focus on the following topics: a) how does Aristotle identifies the concept of unmoved substances taking as starting point the concept of movement; b) the concept of first/primacy associated to the first unmoved motor as well as to the other celestial spheres' mov-ers; c) finally, from a noetic point of view, why does the first unmoved mover is different from the human intellect.
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