Quote: no special laws for equal bodies or bodies at rest; since rest is vanishingly small motion, and equality is vanishingly small inequality

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[46] It is also in agreement with the … be considered as a special case of motion--that … vanishingly small inequality. It follows from this that … of special laws for bodies which are equal … and moving bodies. … [47] I first published this new technique for … , in the Nouvelles de la republique des … from the notions of infinity and continuity … I put the point generally as follows: when … consequences or outcomes (or what is sought for) … the parabola … Consequently, all the laws of the ellipse must …   Google-1   Google-2

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Quote: when instances approach each other continually and eventually merge, the consequences or outcomes must do so also; e.g., parabola is an ellipse

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