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.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf celestial sphere
cosmological concept
element of Dante's cosmology
fictional location
appearsInCanto Paradiso Canto XXVII NERFINISHED
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 NERFINISHED
Divine Comedy NERFINISHED
perceivedByCharacter Dante the pilgrim NERFINISHED
positionInCosmos outermost celestial sphere
relatedConcept Crystalline Heaven NERFINISHED
Empyrean NERFINISHED
First Mover of Aristotelian philosophy
relatedWork Aristotle's Metaphysics NERFINISHED
medieval scholastic cosmology
roleInNarrative final physical stage before Dante's entrance into the Empyrean
separates sensible world from purely spiritual realm
symbolizes First Mover NERFINISHED
angelic intelligences
divine power
universeCenterRelativeTo Earth NERFINISHED
viewpointFor vision of the nine angelic circles

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Paradiso hasPart Primum Mobile