Aristotle’s Unmoved Mover: a better understanding
Thank you for your comment Alex. The issue presented itself to me in another thread so it piqued my interest hence the reason for this thread.
I am somewhat satisfied with the conclusion derived above to that of the moth to light analogy whilst ignoring the technical aspect of putting it into practice as 180 Proof pointed out.
I do however believe the subsequent modified analogy of moths to darkness addressed it somewhat but not fully in my mind.
There is of course the matter of intent, does God in this case wish to be acknowledged by the nature of the separation of these two vastly different substances.
What I mean is this, the eternal that has existed can part and separate itself then the issue as I see it that the offspring of the eternal would retain the formers attributes such as unchanging, which obviously presents a problem the way Aristotle presented it.