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Averroes · thesis 7.7

Thesis 7.7

Latin

Deus primum mobile non solum ut finis, sed ut uerum efficiens et proprius motor mouet.

Copy-text: Farmer 1998, line 13033

Sheet's 'efliciens' corrected to 'efficiens' (obvious OCR misread of 'ci' as 'li').

English

God moves the first movable sphere not merely as its final cause, but as its true efficient cause and proper mover.

Translation: machine-drafted 2026-09-26 by TRANSLATOR-T02b; sense checked against farmer1998:13086; awaiting human check

Attribution: reported according to Averroes (section 7 of the historical theses) · Pico's stance: reports

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