The Intellectual Tradition of the West: Copernicus to KafkaMorton Donner, Kenneth Eugene Eble, Robert E. Helbling Scott, Foresman, 1967 - Civilization, Western |
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... matter , then , because ( according to Aristotle , Descartes , and others ) there is no difference between that and other bodies but in mere form of matter , by a successive change from form to form , it might be changed at last into a ...
... matter , then , because ( according to Aristotle , Descartes , and others ) there is no difference between that and other bodies but in mere form of matter , by a successive change from form to form , it might be changed at last into a ...
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... matter , if matter can be conceived at rest . Hence I infer that neither motion nor rest are essential to it ; but motion being an action , is clearly the effect of cause , of which rest is only the absence . When nothing acts on matter ...
... matter , if matter can be conceived at rest . Hence I infer that neither motion nor rest are essential to it ; but motion being an action , is clearly the effect of cause , of which rest is only the absence . When nothing acts on matter ...
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... Matter . As the essence of Matter is Gravity , so , on the other hand , we may affirm that the substance , the essence of Spirit is Freedom . All will readily assent to the doctrine that Spirit , among other properties , is also endowed ...
... Matter . As the essence of Matter is Gravity , so , on the other hand , we may affirm that the substance , the essence of Spirit is Freedom . All will readily assent to the doctrine that Spirit , among other properties , is also endowed ...
Contents
Revolutions of Heavenly Spheres | 3 |
JOHANNES KEPLER | 18 |
GALILEO GALILEI | 26 |
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