 THAT when a thing lies still, unless somewhat else stir it, it will lie still for ever, is a truth that no man doubts of. But that when- a thing is in motion, it will eternally be in motion, unless somewhat else stay it, though the reason be the same,...  Literary Remains of the Late William Hazlitt - Seite 133von William Hazlitt - 1836 - 315 SeitenVollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | Patricia Springborg - 2007
...the principle without specifying that it is rectilinear, and not circular, motion that is preserved: 'when a thing is in motion, it will eternally be in motion, unless somewhat else stay it'.52 Hobbes goes on to claim that this process of 'hindering' does not occur instantaneously, but... | |
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