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| + | [[Image:Magnum Chaos by Lorenzo Lotto and Giovan Francesco Capoferri.jpg|thumb|right|200px|''[[Magnum Chaos]]'' (c. 1524 ) by [[Lorenzo Lotto]] | ||
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| + | "Before the [[ocean]] and the [[earth]] appeared— before the skies had overspread them all— the face of [[Nature]] in a vast expanse was naught but [[Chaos]] uniformly waste. It was a rude and undeveloped [[mass]], that nothing made except a ponderous weight; and all discordant elements confused, were there congested in a [[shapeless]] heap." (trans. [[Brookes More]]) | ||
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| '''Primum movens''' ([[Latin]]), in English usually referred to as '''the First Cause''', is a term used in the [[philosophy|philosophical]] and [[theology|theological]] [[cosmological argument]] [[arguments for the existence of God|for the existence of God]], and in thinking about [[cosmogony]], the source of the [[cosmos]] or "all-being", and [[spontaneous generation]] of life. | '''Primum movens''' ([[Latin]]), in English usually referred to as '''the First Cause''', is a term used in the [[philosophy|philosophical]] and [[theology|theological]] [[cosmological argument]] [[arguments for the existence of God|for the existence of God]], and in thinking about [[cosmogony]], the source of the [[cosmos]] or "all-being", and [[spontaneous generation]] of life. | ||
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"Before the ocean and the earth appeared— before the skies had overspread them all— the face of Nature in a vast expanse was naught but Chaos uniformly waste. It was a rude and undeveloped mass, that nothing made except a ponderous weight; and all discordant elements confused, were there congested in a shapeless heap." (trans. Brookes More)
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Primum movens (Latin), in English usually referred to as the First Cause, is a term used in the philosophical and theological cosmological argument for the existence of God, and in thinking about cosmogony, the source of the cosmos or "all-being", and spontaneous generation of life.
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