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27. Natural Reality / A. Classical Physics / 1. Mechanics / a. Explaining movement

399	If the more you raise some earth the faster it moves, why does the whole earth not move? [Aristotle]
	Full Idea: If you raise some earth and release it, it moves and won't stay put, and the more you raise it the faster it moves, so why does the whole earth not move?
	From: Aristotle (On the Heavens [c.336 BCE], 294a12)