Philoponus and the Rise of Preclassical Dynamics, 1987
By: Wolff, Michael, Sorabji, Richard (Ed.)
Title Philoponus and the Rise of Preclassical Dynamics
Type Book Section
Language English
Date 1987
Published in Philoponus and the Rejection of Aristotelian Science
Pages 84-120
Categories no categories
Author(s) Wolff, Michael
Editor(s) Sorabji, Richard
Translator(s)
[Conclusion, p. 120]: If we are prepared to assume that the basic presuppositions of impetus theory can be traced back not to observational experience which Aristotle missed, but rather to a certain concept of man and to certain ethical principles, we need not attempt to explain the emergence of the theory solely by reference to new observations of falling bodies and the like. Is it not more appropriate to ask about the origin and kind of ethical problem to which impetus theory originally helped to provide an answer? The experience that forces are exhausted in all physical activities of human beings could have been just such a problem. Earlier society, which had left this experience chiefly to slaves, could not really have had such a problem. But, by the close of Antiquity, times were changing.

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Philoponus and the Rise of Preclassical Dynamics, 1987
By: Wolff, Michael, Sorabji, Richard (Ed.)
Title Philoponus and the Rise of Preclassical Dynamics
Type Book Section
Language English
Date 1987
Published in Philoponus and the Rejection of Aristotelian Science
Pages 84-120
Categories no categories
Author(s) Wolff, Michael
Editor(s) Sorabji, Richard
Translator(s)
[Conclusion, p. 120]: If we are prepared to assume that the basic presuppositions of impetus theory 
can be traced back not to observational  experience which  Aristotle  missed, 
but rather to a certain concept of man and to certain ethical  principles,  we 
need not attempt to explain the emergence of the theory solely by reference to 
new observations of falling bodies and the like.  Is it not more appropriate to 
ask  about  the  origin  and  kind  of  ethical  problem  to  which  impetus  theory 
originally  helped  to  provide  an  answer?  The  experience  that  forces  are 
exhausted in all physical activities of human beings could have been just such 
a  problem.  Earlier society,  which  had  left  this  experience  chiefly  to  slaves, 
could not  really  have  had  such  a  problem.  But,  by  the close  of Antiquity, 
times were changing.

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