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

12985	Maybe motion is definable as 'change of place' [Leibniz]
	Full Idea: I believe 'motion' to be definable, and the definition which says that it is 'change of place' deserves respect.
	From: Gottfried Leibniz (New Essays on Human Understanding [1704], 3.04)
	A reaction: This seems to be the 'at-at' view of motion, championed by Bertrand Russell. (At p1 at t1, at p2 at t2...). Leibniz's version only mentions space and not time, and it includes 'change', which would need definition without mentioning motion.