
Physics by Aristotle
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The Immovable Nature of Motion
The first mover in all things which are moved is immovable chapter seven. Nothing prevents a thing from being primarily inherent in capacity in things divisible from these things. A b will not be that which is first moved by itself since though something is taken away from a b nevertheless that which remains of a b will move itself or shall we say that nothing prevents both or one of them vis that which is moved from being divisible in capacity but indivisible in energy and if it were divisible it would no longer possess the same power. If there should be 10,000 principles which are immovable indeed but move and many of those things which move themselves should be corrupted and others be generated
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