Aristotle' identification of the Prime Mover as God

Classical Quarterly 44 (02):393- (1994)
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There is a certain conventional interpretation of Aristotle's argument, in Metaphysics Λ.7, for the identification of the first unmoved mover as God, according to which that argument has the following outline

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