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Aristotelian physics is the form of natural philosophy described in the works of the Greek philosopher Aristotle (384–322 BC). In his work Physics, Aristotle intended to establish general principles of change that govern all natural bodies, both living and inanimate, celestial and terrestrial – including all motion, quantitative change, qualitative change, and substantial change.
PARIS (Reuters) -The World Bank chief will announce a raft of measures on Thursday to aid countries hit by natural disasters, including a pause in debt repayments to the lender, as world leaders ...
What all variants of impetus dynamics had in common was the theory that an incorporeal motive force - be it called an impressed force, mayl or impetus - is impressed within the projectile by some projector.' --Logicus 19:02, 22 January 2008 (UTC)
Impetus may refer to: A source of motivation; Theory of impetus, a concept similar to inertia and momentum; Impetus, a 1997 re-release of the EP Passive Restraints;
Élan vital was translated in the English edition as "vital impetus", but is usually translated by his detractors as "vital force". [citation needed] It is a hypothetical explanation for evolution and development of organisms, which Bergson linked closely with consciousness – the intuitive perception of experience and the flow of inner time. [1]
In the United States, realism in drama preceded fictional realism by about two decades as theater historians identified the first impetus toward realism during the late 1870s and early 1880s. [31] Its development is also attributed to William Dean Howells and Henry James who served as the spokesmen for realism as well as articulator of its ...
The second one is also used to denote something unexpected/untimely as much as improbable. Hungarian – The two most often used expressions are majd ha piros hó esik ("when red snow falls"), and majd ha cigánygyerekek potyognak az égből ("When gypsy children are streaming from the sky").
Chrysippus compares an excessive impulse to a runner whose legs have such impetus that the runner cannot immediately will them to a halt: [43] In walking according to impulse the movement of the legs is not excessive, but is in a sense coextensive with the impulse so that it can come to a standstill when he [the walker] wishes, or change direction.