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Topic:
Newtonian physics
Topic:
physics
Topic:
general relativity
Topic:
special relativity
Topic:
history of science
Group:
philosophy of science
Topic:
change
Topic:
discrete vs. continuous
Topic:
infinity and infinitesimal
Topic:
atoms and molecules

Reference

Leibniz, G.W., "Specimen dynamicum: An essay in dynamics, ...", Acta Eruditorum, April 1695, only [1-34] published. Google

Other Reference

p. 153-179 in Leibniz, G.W., Philosophical Texts, translated by Francks, R., Woolhouse, R.S., Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1998

Quotations
158 ;;Quote: dead force is an urge to motion; e.g., centrifugal force, gravity, centripetal force, a stretched elastic; potential energy
158+;;Quote: potential energy (dead force) is elementary to kinetic energy (living force)
158+;;Quote: living force is accompanied by motion; kinetic energy
165 ;;Quote: a body's force is proportional to the product of its size and the square of its speed; the law of gravity
168 ;;Quote: force is real; space, time, and motion are relative, a relationship
168+;;Quote: the laws of motion must preserve the relative nature of motion
169 ;;Quote: in substances, change happens spontaneously and in an orderly way
169+;;Quote: rule of continuity -- no change takes place by leaps and bounds
169+;;Quote: no atoms of maximal hardness; otherwise collisions would cause an instantaneous leap
171 ;;Quote: no special laws for equal bodies or bodies at rest; since rest is vanishingly small motion, and equality is vanishingly small inequality
171+;;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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