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All the ideas for 'On Motion', 'Commentary on 'Physics'' and 'Attack Upon Christendom'

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3 ideas

7. Existence / A. Nature of Existence / 3. Being / e. Being and nothing

16587	Prime matter is halfway between non-existence and existence [Averroes]
	Full Idea: Prime matter falls halfway, as it were, between complete non-existence and actual existence.
	From: Averroes (Ibn Rushd) (Commentary on 'Physics' [1190], I.70), quoted by Robert Pasnau - Metaphysical Themes 1274-1671 03.1

24. Political Theory / D. Ideologies / 5. Democracy / d. Representative democracy

16009	When we seek our own 'freedom' we are just trying to avoid responsibility [Kierkegaard]
	Full Idea: In all our own 'freedom' we actually seek one thing: to be able to live without responsibility.
	From: Søren Kierkegaard (Attack Upon Christendom [1855], p.290)
	A reaction: That's the plan when I win the lottery. [SY]

27. Natural Reality / B. Modern Physics / 1. Relativity / a. Special relativity

12709	Motion is not absolute, but consists in relation [Leibniz]
	Full Idea: In reality motion is not something absolute, but consists in relation.
	From: Gottfried Leibniz (On Motion [1677], A6.4.1968), quoted by Daniel Garber - Leibniz:Body,Substance,Monad 3
	A reaction: It is often thought that motion being relative was invented by Einstein, but Leibniz wholeheartedly embraced 'Galilean relativity', and refused to even consider any absolute concept of motion. Acceleration is a bit trickier than velocity.