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Teleological Argument - Aristotle

I have just completed an essay explaining the teleological argument but my teacher only gave it 24/30 as it did not mention Aristotle?

I included:

- Basic idea for the argument
- Kant's thoughts
- William Paley
- Aquinas' 5th Way
- Aesthetic and Anthropic principles

In what way was Aristotle connected?
Aristotle holds an argument for the "prime mover" which innately suggests that the universe has some sort of design by way of a direction (towards the prime mover)
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6 marks seems a bit harsh, the thing to remember though is your a-level teachers will mark you down compared to examiners marking it because they really want to push you as much as possible (or at least that's what my teachers told me after I'd sat the exams and was worrying about results)
Aristotle has his of the four causes, of which the final cause (purpose) might have some link to a teleological argument as everything in the universe must have a purpose and thus was designed. This will probably lead to his idea of the Prime Mover which influences change around it.

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