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What Is Impetus By Aristotle? [Solved]

qoute from Buridan’s “Quaestiones on Aristotle’s Physics”: When a mover sets a body in motion he implants into it a certain impetus, that is, a certain force enabling a body to move in the direction in which the mover starts it, be it upwards, downwards, sidewards, or in a circle.

Physical Science 1.1b - Aristotle`s Ideas on Motion

Aristotle

The Concept of Impetus: A New Twist on an Old Idea

Based on: Larry M. Silverberg and Jeffrey W. Eischen, (2021) “Theory of Spacetime

Carlo Rovelli “Aristotle’s Physics: A Physicist’s Look”

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