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... moved is moved by another , for nothing can be moved except it is in potentiality to that towards which it is moved ; whereas a thing moves inasmuch as it is in act . For motion is nothing else than the reduction of something from ...
... moved is moved by another , for nothing can be moved except it is in potentiality to that towards which it is moved ; whereas a thing moves inasmuch as it is in act . For motion is nothing else than the reduction of something from ...
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... moved , then it seems reasonable that the natural appetite for that end is increased more from it as that end is nearer . And so it seems in every way reasonable that a heavy body is moved more swiftly by the amount that is nearer to ...
... moved , then it seems reasonable that the natural appetite for that end is increased more from it as that end is nearer . And so it seems in every way reasonable that a heavy body is moved more swiftly by the amount that is nearer to ...
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... moved by its natural gravity only ; hence it is moved slowly . Afterwards it is moved by that same gravity and by the impetus acquired at the same time ; conse- quently , it is moved more swiftly . And because the movement becomes ...
... moved by its natural gravity only ; hence it is moved slowly . Afterwards it is moved by that same gravity and by the impetus acquired at the same time ; conse- quently , it is moved more swiftly . And because the movement becomes ...
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Abelard according actually animal argument Aristotle Aristotle's Augustine Augustine's authority Bacon believed body called cause century Christ Christian Church City of God conceived conception course created creature distinction divine doctrine Donatists Duns Duns's Empire essence eternal ethics evil existence experience fact faith Father finite follows Gnostics God's grace Greek held Hence human Ibid individual instance intellect Jesus Jesus movement Jews kind knowledge live Lord man's Manichees matter means medieval merely metaphysical Middle Ages mind Mithraism moral moved movement mystic nature Neoplatonism notion object Occam orthodoxy particular Paul Pelagians perfect philosophical Plato Plotinus point of view possible principle problem Ques question rational reality reason salvation seems sense Socrates soul spirit substance Summa Contra Gentiles Summa Theologica Thee theology theory things Thomas Thomistic Thou thought truth understand universe unmoved mover virtue whole words Yahweh