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... motion . Motion is produced when one thing which is not moving gets another to move . Active power is not a power merely to transfer motion . It is a power to produce it . So to get a clear idea of active power we need to look not to ...
... motion . Motion is produced when one thing which is not moving gets another to move . Active power is not a power merely to transfer motion . It is a power to produce it . So to get a clear idea of active power we need to look not to ...
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... motion by impulse ' as opposed to the initiation of motion as when we move our own bodies is that ' as much Motion is lost to one Body , as is got to the other ' . But what is going on when motion is lost by one thing and gained by ...
... motion by impulse ' as opposed to the initiation of motion as when we move our own bodies is that ' as much Motion is lost to one Body , as is got to the other ' . But what is going on when motion is lost by one thing and gained by ...
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... motion cannot exist apart from any moving body . Is it then nonsense to speak of the motion of the second ball being the transferred earlier motion of the first ? Leibniz is sure that it is . He says he is not surprised that Locke is ...
... motion cannot exist apart from any moving body . Is it then nonsense to speak of the motion of the second ball being the transferred earlier motion of the first ? Leibniz is sure that it is . He says he is not surprised that Locke is ...
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Chapter 2 | 53 |
Chapter 4 | 149 |
Bibliography of Books and Articles referred to more than once | 190 |
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