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'fragments/reports', 'De Anima' and 'The Ultimate Constituents of Matter'
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27. Natural Reality / A. Classical Physics / 1. Mechanics / a. Explaining movement
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Movement is spatial, alteration, withering or growth [Aristotle]
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Practical reason is based on desire, so desire must be the ultimate producer of movement [Aristotle]
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Movement can be intrinsic (like a ship) or relative (like its sailors) [Aristotle]
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If all movement is either pushing or pulling, there must be a still point in between where it all starts [Aristotle]
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27. Natural Reality / A. Classical Physics / 1. Mechanics / b. Laws of motion
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If something is pushed, it pushes back [Aristotle]
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27. Natural Reality / B. Modern Physics / 4. Standard Model / a. Concept of matter
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Matter requires a division into time-corpuscles as well as space-corpuscles [Russell]
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Matter is a logical construction [Russell]
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27. Natural Reality / C. Space / 2. Space
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Six dimensions are needed for a particular, three within its own space, and three to locate that space [Russell]
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27. Natural Reality / D. Time / 1. Nature of Time / d. Time as measure
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Time is an interval of motion, or the measure of speed [Posidonius, by Stobaeus]
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27. Natural Reality / G. Biology / 2. Life
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What is born has growth, a prime, and a withering away [Aristotle]
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