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9. Objects / E. Objects over Time / 10. Beginning of an Object

16706	Generation is when local motions aggregate to become a single subject [Nicholas of Autrecourt]
	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?

10. Modality / A. Necessity / 8. Transcendental Necessity

490	Everything happens by reason and necessity [Leucippus]
	Full Idea: Nothing happens at random; everything happens out of reason and by necessity.
	From: Leucippus (fragments/reports [c.435 BCE], B002), quoted by (who?) - where?

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

20365	We only see points in motion, and thereby infer movement [Rescher]
	Full Idea: We perceive motion only as isolated points, and then infer it without actually seeing it.
	From: Nicholas Rescher (Scepticism [1980], §112)
	A reaction: Note how writing suddenly becomes readable as you slow down on entering a railway station. Is that points suddenly becoming unified? This is an empiricist endorsement of Russell's 'at-at' account of motion.