Absolute Stillness Is the Source of All Movement: Dante's Mystery of Motion
The Unmoved Mover of Aristotle and the Revolving Soul of Plotinus
In Dante’s cosmos, the closer you are to the Absolute Center — the Point (Punctum) — the faster you move.
“Look at that circle which is closest to it [the Point];
and know that its motion is so swift
because of the burning love by which it is driven.” — Paradiso, Canto XXVIII
Conversely, the farther you are from the Point, the slower your movem…
