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Primum mobile
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What's The Definition Of Primum mobile?
[n] a self-caused agent that is the cause of all things; "God is the first cause"
Synonyms | Synonyms for Primum mobile: first cause | prime mover Related Terms | Find terms related to Primum mobile: See Also | causal agency | causal agent | cause Primum mobile In Webster's Dictionary \Pri"mum mob"i*le\ [L., first cause of motion.]
(Astron.)
In the Ptolemaic system, the outermost of the revolving
concentric spheres constituting the universe, the motion of
which was supposed to carry with it all the inclosed spheres
with their planets in a daily revolution from east to west.
See {Crystalline heavens}, under {Crystalline}.
The motions of the greatest persons in a government
ought to be, as the motions of the planets, under
primum mobile. --Bacon.
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