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Full Idea
What has pushed something else makes the latter push as well.
Gist of Idea
If something is pushed, it pushes back
Source
Aristotle (De Anima [c.329 BCE], 435b30)
Book Ref
Aristotle: 'De Anima (on the psuche)', ed/tr. Reeve, C.D.C. [Hackett 2017], p.64
A Reaction
Aristotle seems to have spotted that this is intrinsic to massive bodies, and is not just friction etc. Newton adds a vector to Aristotle's insight.
Related Idea
Idea 17019 3: All actions of bodies have an equal and opposite reaction [Newton]