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Single Idea 1498
[filed under theme 27. Natural Reality / E. Cosmology / 3. The Beginning
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Full Idea
All thinkers agree that the world had a beginning, but some claim that, having come into existence, it is everlasting.
Gist of Idea
Everyone agrees that the world had a beginning, but thinkers disagree over whether it will end
Source
Aristotle (On the Heavens [c.336 BCE], 279b12)
Book Ref
'The First Philosophers', ed/tr. Waterfield,Robin [OUP 2000], p.42
The
12 ideas
from 'On the Heavens'
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16102
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Aether moves in circles and is imperishable; the four elements perish, and move in straight lines
[Aristotle, by Gill,ML]
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394
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An unworn sandal is in vain, but nothing in nature is in vain
[Aristotle]
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395
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It seems possible that there exists a limited number of other worlds apart from this one
[Aristotle]
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396
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There has to be some goal, and not just movement to infinity
[Aristotle]
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1498
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Everyone agrees that the world had a beginning, but thinkers disagree over whether it will end
[Aristotle]
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398
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Each thing that has a function is for the sake of that function
[Aristotle]
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399
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If the more you raise some earth the faster it moves, why does the whole earth not move?
[Aristotle]
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19740
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A very hungry man cannot choose between equidistant piles of food
[Aristotle]
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402
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The Earth must be spherical, because it casts a convex shadow on the moon
[Aristotle]
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403
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The earth must be round and of limited size, because moving north or south makes different stars visible
[Aristotle]
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17463
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An element is what bodies are analysed into, and won't itself divide into something else
[Aristotle]
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20918
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Void is a kind of place, so it can't explain place
[Aristotle]
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