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| 16706 | Generation is when local motions aggregate to become a single subject |
| Full Idea: In the case of natural things there is only local motion. When from such motion there follows an aggregation of natural bodies that are gathered to one another and acquire the nature of a single subject, this is called generation. | |||
| From: Nicholas of Autrecourt (Tractatus [1335], Ch. 1) | |||
| A reaction: This is explosive atomistic corpuscularianism, three centuries before its appointed date. He was duly suppressed. Can he give an account of the 'nature of a single subject' in this way? |