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Aristotle's
Laws of Motion
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Nothing moves unless you push it. [it
is moved by a mover]
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Some motion is natural for the sublunar elements,
rectilinear motion to or away from the earth's center for the supralunar
quintessence, circular motion
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All other motion is violent, and requires
a mover
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[Anselm's nth proof of the existence of God]
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Because motion exists, there must be a self-moved
mover, i.e. a Prime Mover [later i.d. God]
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There is natural, violent, and local motion;
rectilinear and circular motion
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Speed is proportional to motive force, and
inversely proportional to resistance.
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v ? F/R [by a constant of proportionality:
v = k(F/R)]
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There cannot be a vacuum [therefore Natura
is a plenum]
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The most Natural state: Rest [if terrestrial]
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Teleology - The 4th and Final
Cause -- "WHY" is the most important question.
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[Aristotle's Theory of Causation]