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reasons: (a) if we are in «His image made», our thought processes must resemble his (there must be a reason why we have brains capable of language); because we can't conceive of not having a fixed origin, neither can he; and (b) if something goes to infinitity, it becomes eternal and permanent and what is eternal and permanent, does not change. However, not because infinite regression is inconceivable to the mind, it does not exist.
(d) What is Real?
It could very well be that Aristotle, and hence all of us, might be deluded by what is perceived to be real. It could be that, Aristotle, by basing all his observations on what is perceivable and attainable to humans, might have been observing this- hereness, this-beliefness, like a manta ray, at the very bottom of Plato's cave, while doing a terrific job at it! Undoubtedly, the forms of Plato still remain a most privileged and most beautiful mystery. Perhaps the First Mover is the First Form, One, and we, not even with all the logic in the world, could begin to comprehend or grasp it. Perhaps the first mover can only be comprehended by the enlightened mind of a pure soul only; maybe this is what Plato means by his theory of pure forms: universals versus particulars. For one knows this first mover, this divine intelligence, first by feeling it in one's heart and soul, second by communicating to the mind electrically as a 3 million
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