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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... rest at the centre . All the more then will the Earth be at rest at the centre ; and , as being the receptacle for falling bodies , it will remain immovable because of its weight . They strive similarly to prove this by reason of ...
... rest at the centre . All the more then will the Earth be at rest at the centre ; and , as being the receptacle for falling bodies , it will remain immovable because of its weight . They strive similarly to prove this by reason of ...
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... rest , to which the places and motions of others may be referred . But we may distinguish rest and motion , absolute and relative , one from the other by their properties , causes , and effects . It is a property of rest , that bodies ...
... rest , to which the places and motions of others may be referred . But we may distinguish rest and motion , absolute and relative , one from the other by their properties , causes , and effects . It is a property of rest , that bodies ...
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... rest . This rest may be said to be only relative ; but as we perceive degrees in motion , we can very clearly conceive one of the two extremes which is rest ; and this we conceive so distinctly , that we are even induced to take that ...
... rest . This rest may be said to be only relative ; but as we perceive degrees in motion , we can very clearly conceive one of the two extremes which is rest ; and this we conceive so distinctly , that we are even induced to take that ...
Contents
Revolutions of Heavenly Spheres | 3 |
JOHANNES KEPLER | 18 |
GALILEO GALILEI | 26 |
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