Primum Mobile
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Primum Mobile is the outermost celestial sphere in Dante’s Paradiso, whose swift motion imparts movement to all the heavens below it.
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
celestial sphere
ⓘ
cosmological concept ⓘ element of Dante's cosmology ⓘ fictional location ⓘ |
| appearsInCanto |
Paradiso Canto XXVII
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ⓘ
Paradiso Canto XXVIII NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
God's immediate influence
ⓘ
angelic order of Seraphim NERFINISHED ⓘ divine love ⓘ |
| cosmologicalModel | Ptolemaic geocentric system ⓘ |
| describedByAuthor | Dante Alighieri NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| describedIn | Paradiso NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| explainedByCharacter | Beatrice NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| governs | time and motion in the created universe ⓘ |
| hasDirectionOfMotion | diurnal rotation around the Earth ⓘ |
| hasEtymology | Latin 'primum mobile' meaning 'first moved' or 'first moving' ⓘ |
| hasFunction | imparts motion to all lower heavens ⓘ |
| hasMotion | swiftest of all spheres ⓘ |
| hasProperty |
boundary between physical universe and Empyrean
ⓘ
encloses all other material heavens ⓘ invisible to human sight in the poem ⓘ |
| hasStatus | highest of the material heavens ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
hierarchical order of creation
ⓘ
relationship between divine love and cosmic motion ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Aristotelian cosmology
ⓘ
Ptolemaic astronomy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| literaryTradition | medieval Christian cosmology in literature ⓘ |
| locatedBelow | Empyrean NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedBeyond | Stellar Heaven NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Dante's universe NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| moves | all the heavens below it ⓘ |
| partOf |
Dante's Paradiso
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ⓘ
Divine Comedy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| perceivedByCharacter | Dante the pilgrim NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| positionInCosmos | outermost celestial sphere ⓘ |
| relatedConcept |
Crystalline Heaven
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ⓘ
Empyrean NERFINISHED ⓘ First Mover of Aristotelian philosophy ⓘ |
| relatedWork |
Aristotle's Metaphysics
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ⓘ
medieval scholastic cosmology ⓘ |
| roleInNarrative | final physical stage before Dante's entrance into the Empyrean ⓘ |
| separates | sensible world from purely spiritual realm ⓘ |
| symbolizes |
First Mover
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ⓘ
angelic intelligences ⓘ divine power ⓘ |
| universeCenterRelativeTo | Earth NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| viewpointFor | vision of the nine angelic circles ⓘ |
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.