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... idea of body , to communicate motion by impulse is another [ II.xxiii.22 ] . Locke says twice in the Essay that the only way we can imagine bodies to move each other is by impulse on contact ... idea of active power ? It is Body and Mind 171.
... idea of body , to communicate motion by impulse is another [ II.xxiii.22 ] . Locke says twice in the Essay that the only way we can imagine bodies to move each other is by impulse on contact ... idea of active power ? It is Body and Mind 171.
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R. S. Woolhouse. only an obscure idea of active power ? It is often supposed that Locke has in mind that all we observe is the bare fact that one ball begins to move after another has approached and come into contact with it . We do not ...
R. S. Woolhouse. only an obscure idea of active power ? It is often supposed that Locke has in mind that all we observe is the bare fact that one ball begins to move after another has approached and come into contact with it . We do not ...
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... idea of active power from observation of colliding bodies we still would not find the communication or transfer of motion intelligible . The fact that observation of colliding bodies provides us only with an obscure idea of active power ...
... idea of active power from observation of colliding bodies we still would not find the communication or transfer of motion intelligible . The fact that observation of colliding bodies provides us only with an obscure idea of active power ...
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