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Aristotle, Physics 250A 9–19 and 266A 12–24

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 February 2009

F. M. Cornford
Affiliation:
Trinity College, Cambridge

Extract

The first of these passages states some simple principles of mechanics. The second uses one of these principles to prove that a finite mover cannot cause a motion that will occupy unlimited time. The argument there has given much trouble to commentators because the principle in question was not understood, owing to the choice of a false reading in the earlier passage.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © The Classical Association 1932

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