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... move each other is by impulse on contact [ II.viii.11 , IV.x 19 ] . But he was later persuaded by ' the judicious Mr. Newton's incomparable book ' , Principia , that bodies are also able to act on each other at a distance by ...
... move each other is by impulse on contact [ II.viii.11 , IV.x 19 ] . But he was later persuaded by ' the judicious Mr. Newton's incomparable book ' , Principia , that bodies are also able to act on each other at a distance by ...
Page 172
... move off after the other meets it . 2 Common though it is , this understanding of what Locke found problematic about colliding bodies moving each other , is mistaken . It has recently been made perfectly clear that it is based on a ...
... move off after the other meets it . 2 Common though it is , this understanding of what Locke found problematic about colliding bodies moving each other , is mistaken . It has recently been made perfectly clear that it is based on a ...
Page 180
... move body , and interact with it . Boyle favoured this approach . The soul , he said , does not ' give any motion to the parts of the body , but only guide [ s ] or regulate [ s ] that which she finds in them already ' [ 4.416 ] . The ...
... move body , and interact with it . Boyle favoured this approach . The soul , he said , does not ' give any motion to the parts of the body , but only guide [ s ] or regulate [ s ] that which she finds in them already ' [ 4.416 ] . The ...
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Chapter 4 | 149 |
Bibliography of Books and Articles referred to more than once | 190 |
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