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Therefore it is necessary to arrive at a prime mover, put in motion by no other; and… — St. Thomas Aquinas

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Therefore it is necessary to arrive at a prime mover, put in motion by no other; and this everyone understands to be God.

In the original Latin

Ergo necesse est devenire ad aliquod primum movens, quod a nullo movetur, in alio et hoc omnes intelligunt Deum.

St. Thomas Aquinas
1265
★ 7.8
Provenance
Current citation
Saint Thomas Aquinus. The Summa Theologica of St. Thomas Aquinas, translated by Fathers of the English Dominican Provinc. Christian Classics, 1981, pt. 1.
Original citation
Saint Thomas Aquinus. Summa Theologica. c. 1274, pt. 1.

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