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There is a further difficulty about the motions of the parts of the heavens
which, as akin to what has gone before, may be considered next. For if one
could overcome by force of motion the immobility of the earth he would
clearly move it away from the centre. And it is plain that the power from
which this force would originate will not be infinite, for the earth is not
infinite and therefore its weight is not. Now there are more senses than one of
the word ‘impossible’. When we say it is impossible to see a sound, and when
we say it is impossible to see the men in the moon, we use two senses of the
word; the former is of necessity, the latter, though their nature is to be seen,
cannot as a fact be seen by us. Now we suppose that the heavens are of
necessity impossible to destroy and to dissolve, whereas the result of the
present argument would be to do away with this necessity. For it is natural
and possible for a motion to exist greater than the force by dint of which the
earth is at rest, or than that by dint of which Fire and Aether are moved. If
then there are superior motions, these will be dissolved in succession by one
another: and if there actually are not, but might possibly be (for the earth
cannot be infinite because no body can possibly be infinite), there is a
possibility of the heavens being dissolved. For what is to prevent this coming
to pass, unless it be impossible? And it is not impossible unless the opposite is
necessary. This difficulty, however, we will discuss elsewhere.
To resume, must there be something immovable and at rest outside of what
is moved, and no part of it, or not? And must this necessarily be so also in the
case of the universe? Perhaps it would be thought strange were the origin of
movement inside. And to those who so conceive it the word of Homer would
appear to have been well spoken:
‘Nay, ye would not pull Zeus, highest of all from heaven to the plain, no
not even if ye toiled right hard; come, all ye gods and goddesses! Set hands to
the chain’; for that which is entirely immovable cannot possibly be moved by
anything. And herein lies the solution of the difficulty stated some time back,
the possibility or impossibility of dissolving the system of the heavens, in that
it depends from an original which is immovable.
Now in the animal world there must be not only an immovable without, but
also within those things which move in place, and initiate their own
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The Complete Aristotle
- Titel
- The Complete Aristotle
- Autor
- Aristotle
- Datum
- ~322 B.C.
- Sprache
- englisch
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- PD
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- 21.0 x 29.7 cm
- Seiten
- 2328
- Schlagwörter
- Philosophy, Antique, Philosophie, Antike, Dialogues, Metaphysik, Metaphysics, Ideologie, Ideology, Englisch
- Kategorien
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- International
Inhaltsverzeichnis
- Part 1; Logic (Organon) 3
- Categories 4
- On Interpretation 34
- Prior Analytics, Book I 56
- Prior Analytics, Book II 113
- Posterior Analytics, Book I 149
- Posterior Analytics, Book II 193
- Topics, Book I 218
- Topics, Book II 221
- Topics, Book III 237
- Topics, Book IV 248
- Topics, Book V 266
- Topics, Book VI 291
- Topics, Book VII 317
- Topics, Book VIII 326
- On Sophistical Refutations 348
- Part 2; Universal Physics 396
- Physics, Book I 397
- Physics, Book II 415
- Physics, Book III 432
- Physics, Book IV 449
- Physics, Book V 481
- Physics, Book VI 496
- Physics, Book VII 519
- Physics, Book VIII 533
- On the Heavens, Book I 570
- On the Heavens, Book II 599
- On the Heavens, Book III 624
- On the Heavens, Book IV 640
- On Generation and Corruption, Book I 651
- On Generation and Corruption, Book II 685
- Meteorology, Book I 707
- Meteorology, Book II 733
- Meteorology, Book III 760
- Meteorology, Book IV 773
- Part 3; Human Physics 795
- On the Soul, Book I 796
- On the Soul, Book II 815
- On the Soul, Book III 840
- On Sense and the Sensible 861
- On Memory and Reminiscence 889
- On Sleep and Sleeplessness 899
- On Dreams 909
- On Prophesying by Dreams 918
- On Longevity and the Shortness of Life 923
- On Youth, Old Age, Life and Death, and Respiration 929
- Part 4; Animal Physics 952
- The History of Animals, Book I 953
- The History of Animals, Book II translated 977
- The History of Animals, Book III 1000
- The History of Animals, Book IV 1029
- The History of Animals, Book V 1056
- The History of Animals, Book VI 1094
- The History of Animals, Book VII 1135
- The History of Animals, Book VIII 1150
- The History of Animals, Book IX 1186
- On the Parts of Animals, Book I 1234
- On the Parts of Animals, Book II 1249
- On the Parts of Animals, Book III 1281
- On the Parts of Animals, Book IV 1311
- On the Motion of Animals 1351
- On the Gait of Animals 1363
- On the Generation of Animals, Book I 1381
- On the Generation of Animals, Book II 1412
- On the Generation of Animals, Book III 1444
- On the Generation of Animals, Book IV 1469
- On the Generation of Animals, Book V 1496
- Part 5; Metaphysics 1516
- Part 6; Ethics and Politics 1748
- Nicomachean Ethics, Book I 1749
- Nicomachean Ethics, Book II 1766
- Nicomachean Ethics, Book III 1779
- Nicomachean Ethics, Book IV 1799
- Nicomachean Ethics, Book V 1817
- Nicomachean Ethics, Book VI 1836
- Nicomachean Ethics, Book VII 1851
- Nicomachean Ethics, Book VIII 1872
- Nicomachean Ethics, Book IX 1890
- Nicomachean Ethics, Book X 1907
- Politics, Book I 1925
- Politics, Book II 1943
- Politics, Book III 1970
- Politics, Book IV 1997
- Politics, Book V 2023
- Politics, Book VI 2053
- Politics, Book VII 2065
- Politics, Book VIII 2091
- The Athenian Constitution 2102
- Part 7; Aesthetic Writings 2156