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... body meets another body at rest , their impact must begin at the instant when a part of the force passes from one body to the other . This initial force may be indeterminately small , but it must be transferred at a certain moment ...
... body meets another body at rest , their impact must begin at the instant when a part of the force passes from one body to the other . This initial force may be indeterminately small , but it must be transferred at a certain moment ...
Page 1745
... body , while at the same time acting as a medium for some of the lower faculties sensation , for instance which the Peripatetics ascribed to the immaterial soul itself , and , Descartes , to the body . They seek a bridge between the ...
... body , while at the same time acting as a medium for some of the lower faculties sensation , for instance which the Peripatetics ascribed to the immaterial soul itself , and , Descartes , to the body . They seek a bridge between the ...
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body . Their interests center on the efficient causes of phenomena , and Descartes's remarkable pineal gland is unacceptable to them . Willis was a pioneer of cerebral anatomy , and Charleton remarks that had Descartes known as much ...
body . Their interests center on the efficient causes of phenomena , and Descartes's remarkable pineal gland is unacceptable to them . Willis was a pioneer of cerebral anatomy , and Charleton remarks that had Descartes known as much ...
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