The Argument from Motion:
1) Things do move. Motion is the most obvious form of change.
2) Change is a passing from potency to act (i.e., from potentiality to actuality).
3) Nothing passes from potency to act except by something that is in actuality, for it's impossible for a potentiality to actualize itself.
4) There cannot be an infinite regress of actualizers or movers. If there is no First Mover, there can be no subsequent motion, since all subsequent motion depends on prior movers for its motion.
5) Therefore, there must be a first, Unmoved Mover, a pure actualizer with no potentiality in it that is unactualized.
6) Everyone understands this to be God.
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