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27. Natural Reality / A. Classical Physics / 1. Mechanics / a. Explaining movement
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If the more you raise some earth the faster it moves, why does the whole earth not move? [Aristotle]
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27. Natural Reality / C. Space / 1. Void
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Void is a kind of place, so it can't explain place [Aristotle]
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27. Natural Reality / D. Time / 1. Nature of Time / h. Presentism
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The past and the future subsist, but only the present exists [Chrysippus, by Plutarch]
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27. Natural Reality / D. Time / 3. Parts of Time / e. Present moment
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The present does not exist, so our immediate experience is actually part past and part future [Chrysippus, by Plutarch]
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Time is continous and infinitely divisible, so there cannot be a wholly present time [Chrysippus, by Stobaeus]
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27. Natural Reality / E. Cosmology / 1. Cosmology
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The Earth must be spherical, because it casts a convex shadow on the moon [Aristotle]
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The earth must be round and of limited size, because moving north or south makes different stars visible [Aristotle]
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27. Natural Reality / E. Cosmology / 3. The Beginning
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Everyone agrees that the world had a beginning, but thinkers disagree over whether it will end [Aristotle]
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27. Natural Reality / E. Cosmology / 10. Multiverse
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It seems possible that there exists a limited number of other worlds apart from this one [Aristotle]
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