 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 82by Henry Hallam - 1839Full view - About this book
 | René Descartes - Philosophy - 1910 - 446 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... | |
 | Brian Beakley, Peter Ludlow - Philosophy - 1992 - 460 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,... | |
 | H. James Jensen - English drama - 1996 - 478 pages
...But that when a thing is in motion, it will eternally be in motion, unless somewhat else stay it,1 though the reason be the same, (namely, that nothing...weary of motion, and seeks repose of its own accord; little considering, whether i. Note Hobbes's adaption of the law of inertia to emotions (internal motions).... | |
 | David Wootton - Political Science - 1996 - 964 pages
...unless somewhat else stay it, though the reason be the same, (namely, that nothing can change it self,) ction: And therefore declaring by word or action, not a little considering, whether it be not some other motion, wherein that desire of rest they find in themselves,... | |
 | Thomas Hobbes - Philosophy - 2008 - 516 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,... | |
 | Peter A. Morton - Philosophy - 1996 - 522 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... | |
 | Peter Harrison - Religion - 2001 - 330 pages
...psychological origin of teleology. Hobbes wrote in a discussion of the recently discovered laws of motion that 'men measure, not only other men, but all other things,...weary of motion and seeks repose of its own accord'. For this reason, said Hobbes, we intuitively reject the suggestion that 'when a thing is in motion,... | |
 | David M. Rosenthal - Philosophy - 2000 - 336 pages
...which the frequency of insignificant speech is one. Chapter 2: Of Imagination 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,... | |
 | Roger Ariew, Eric Watkins - Philosophy - 2000 - 326 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 is not some other motion in which that desire of rest they find in themselves... | |
 | Thomas Hobbes - History - 2002 - 664 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... | |
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