But that when a thing is in motion, it will eternally be in motion, unless somewhat else stay it, though the reason be the same, namely, that nothing can change itself, is not so easily assented to. For men measure, not only other men, but all other things,... Introduction to the Literature of Europe in the Fifteenth, Sixteenth, and ... - Page 150by Henry Hallam - 1839Full view - About this book
| William Hazlitt - 1836 - 1000 pages
...doubts of. But that when a thing is in motion, it will eternally be in motion, unless somewhat else stay it, though the reason be the same (namely, that...weary of motion, and seeks repose of its own accord ; little considering whether it be not some other motion wherein that desire of rest they find in themselves... | |
| William Hazlitt - Authors, English - 1836 - 538 pages
...doubts of. But that when a thing is in motion, it will eternally be in motion, unless somewhat else stay it, though the reason be the same (namely, that...weary of motion, and seeks repose of its own accord ; little considering whether it be not some other motion wherein that desire of rest they find in themselves... | |
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| Thomas Hobbes - Philosophy, English - 1839 - 766 pages
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| Thomas Hobbes - Philosophy, English - 1839 - 766 pages
...eternally be in motion, unless somewhat else stay it, though the reason be the same, namely, imagination, that nothing can change itself, is not so easily assented...weary of motion, and seeks repose of its own accord ; little considering, whether it be not some other motion, wherein that desire of rest they find in... | |
| International law - 1854 - 492 pages
...themselves ; and because they find themselves subject, after motion, to pain and lassitude, think everything else grows weary of motion and seeks repose of its own accord; little considering whether it be not some other motion wherein that desire of rest they find in themselves... | |
| George Henry Lewes - Philosophers - 1857 - 846 pages
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| George Henry Lewes - Philosophy - 1857 - 482 pages
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| John Watts - 1857 - 210 pages
...themselves; and because they find themselves subject after motion to pain and lassitude, think everything else grows weary of motion, and seeks repose of its own accord — little considering whether it be not some other motion, wherein that desire of rest they find in... | |
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