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one that is not moved by another cause. In Aristotelian terms, this suggests a finite rather than an infinite view of the universe. A universe with a beginning and a beginning in time for time is not infinite, rather, time belongs to the «present», this «now» irreducible to yesterdays or tomorrows. Furthermore, it is impossible to explain, with infinite regression, anything causally in the macrocosm and microcosm in a completely satisfactory way. For Aristotle, then, an unmoved first mover is not only a necessary condition if he is to explain the greater motions or changes in the microcosm and the lesser changes in the macrocosm, but it must also be the «IT» of «ITS», the ultimate of ultimate realities, that very first principle that is the cause of motion of this expanding universe that surrounds us: the great mystery, the great kaleidoscope that atonishes us and mesmerizes us with starry splendor.
Yet almost imperceptibly, however much we are enchanted by Aristotle's inscrutable spell, the following perplexities arise in regards to the existence of an unmoved first mover as the very first principle of the cosmos:
(a) Immanence versus Transcendence
To some, the first mover is immanent to the world; even though it might belong to the most external of the spheres, it would remain a sphere: the first one. Others think that the first
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