unmoved mover
E427120
The unmoved mover is Aristotle’s concept of a perfect, eternal, and immaterial first cause that initiates all motion and change in the universe without itself being changed.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| unmoved mover canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4270291 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: unmoved mover Context triple: [Metaphysics (Aristotle), keyConcept, unmoved mover]
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A.
unm
unm is the ISO 639-3 language code for Unami, an Algonquian language traditionally spoken by the Lenape people of the mid-Atlantic region of the United States.
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B.
Muevelo
Muevelo is a song best known as a high-energy Latin dance track whose title translates to “Move it.”
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C.
UNOV
UNOV is one of the main United Nations headquarters, located in Vienna, Austria, hosting various UN offices and agencies focused on issues such as drugs and crime, outer space affairs, and industrial development.
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D.
Omnimover
Omnimover is a continuously moving ride system used in Disney theme park attractions to transport guests smoothly through elaborately themed environments.
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E.
Mr. Untouchable
Mr. Untouchable is the notorious nickname of Nicky Barnes, a powerful Harlem drug kingpin who dominated New York City's heroin trade in the 1970s.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: unmoved mover Target entity description: The unmoved mover is Aristotle’s concept of a perfect, eternal, and immaterial first cause that initiates all motion and change in the universe without itself being changed.
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A.
unm
unm is the ISO 639-3 language code for Unami, an Algonquian language traditionally spoken by the Lenape people of the mid-Atlantic region of the United States.
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B.
Muevelo
Muevelo is a song best known as a high-energy Latin dance track whose title translates to “Move it.”
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C.
UNOV
UNOV is one of the main United Nations headquarters, located in Vienna, Austria, hosting various UN offices and agencies focused on issues such as drugs and crime, outer space affairs, and industrial development.
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D.
Omnimover
Omnimover is a continuously moving ride system used in Disney theme park attractions to transport guests smoothly through elaborately themed environments.
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E.
Mr. Untouchable
Mr. Untouchable is the notorious nickname of Nicky Barnes, a powerful Harlem drug kingpin who dominated New York City's heroin trade in the 1970s.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Aristotelian concept
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first cause ⓘ metaphysical principle ⓘ philosophical concept ⓘ |
| attracts |
all motion as an object of desire
ⓘ
all motion as an object of thought ⓘ |
| causes |
change in the universe
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eternal circular motion of the heavens ⓘ motion in the universe ⓘ |
| describedIn |
Metaphysics
ⓘ
Physics ⓘ |
| distinctFrom | efficient cause in Aristotelian sense ⓘ |
| doesNotUndergo |
change
ⓘ
corruption ⓘ generation ⓘ motion ⓘ |
| explains |
hierarchy of movers
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impossibility of infinite regress of movers ⓘ |
| formulatedIn | 4th century BCE ⓘ |
| hasAuthor | Aristotle ⓘ |
| hasMultiplicityInAristotle | multiple unmoved movers for celestial spheres ⓘ |
| hasProperty |
eternal
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immaterial ⓘ necessary being ⓘ perfect ⓘ pure actuality ⓘ unmoved ⓘ without potentiality ⓘ |
| hasRole |
first cause of motion
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ultimate explanation of change ⓘ |
| identifiedAs | thought thinking itself ⓘ |
| influenced |
Islamic philosophy
ⓘ
Jewish philosophy ⓘ Thomas Aquinas ⓘ
linked to:
St. Thomas Aquinas
medieval Christian philosophy ⓘ |
| interpretedAs | God in later theistic traditions ⓘ |
| languageOfOriginalFormulation | Ancient Greek ⓘ |
| modeOfCausation | final cause ⓘ |
| numberInAristotle | one primary unmoved mover ⓘ |
| originalName | prōton kinoun akineton ⓘ |
| partOf |
Aristotelian cosmology
ⓘ
Aristotelian metaphysics ⓘ
linked to:
Aristotelianism
|
| relatedConcept |
necessary being in classical theism
ⓘ
prime mover ⓘ pure act ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
cosmological argument
ⓘ
teleological explanation of motion ⓘ |
| transcends | material world ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Referenced by (3)
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