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HoP 041 - Richard Sorabji on Time and Eternity in Aristotle

History of Philosophy Without Any Gaps

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Aristotle's Golden Mountain

It's only with eternal subjects that he applies this principle. And here's where we'd come back to the stars rit because the stars are supposed to be eternally revolving around the earthn therefore, their motion is necessary. Exactly. That's that's a very good example. Therea temptations to think this way. A lot of people, if you ask them nowadays, about the monkeys randomy typewriting on hono typewriter, as the example was originally. Let's say theyre word press hissing. Now, now, a golden mountain seems to be possible in various ways. For one thing, it seems to be a perfectly coherent, conceivable idea. Er,

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