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lightest 2
lightness 40
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likely 2
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40 constraint
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40 surface
40 us
39 however
Aristotle
On the Heavens

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lightness

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1 I, 3| every body either possesses lightness or heaviness. As a preliminary 2 I, 3| either up or down possesses lightness or heaviness or both-but 3 I, 3| possess either heaviness or lightness. For neither naturally nor 4 I, 3| this body can possess no lightness or heaviness at all (for 5 I, 6| same argument applies to lightness: for as the one supposition 6 I, 6| surface involves infinite lightness.) This is proved as follows. 7 I, 6| applies also to infinite lightness. Bodies then of infinite 8 I, 6| infinite weight and of infinite lightness are equally impossible.~ 9 I, 7| shown, infinite weight and lightness do not exist. Moreover it 10 I, 7| infinite weight or infinite lightness. Nor, secondly, could the 11 I, 7| speaking, light: and if lightness be universal, none is heavy. 12 I, 7| whatever possesses weight or lightness will have its place either 13 I, 7| everything possesses weight or lightness, but some things do and 14 I, 8| if speed then weight and lightness. For as superior speed in 15 II, 3| stand for the privation of lightness and movement. But further, 16 III, 1| heaviness of earth and the lightness of fire, then some of the 17 III, 1| endowed with weight and lightness, but an assemblage of units 18 III, 2| impetus is that of weight and lightness. Of necessity, we assert, 19 III, 2| argument would fit the case of lightness. Again, a body which is 20 III, 2| but has neither weight nor lightness, must be moved by constraint, 21 III, 2| have a definite weight or lightness. But since "nature" means 22 III, 6| body possesses weight or lightness, it will be one of the elements; 23 IV, 1| the relative heaviness and lightness of things possessing weight. 24 IV, 2| requires an addition. Relative lightness must depend not only on 25 IV, 2| proportion, the relative lightness will disappear. Thus fire, 26 IV, 2| those who attribute the lightness of fire to its containing 27 IV, 2| account for the relative lightness and heaviness of bodies 28 IV, 2| be given for the relative lightness and heaviness of the bodies 29 IV, 3| which produces weight and lightness, and that which is moved 30 IV, 4| bodies which do not combine lightness and heaviness. It is apparent, 31 IV, 4| swifter. But the heaviness and lightness of bodies which combine 32 IV, 4| weight, the other absolute lightness, since air in any quantity 33 IV, 4| the presence of plenum and lightness to that of void. It is due 34 IV, 4| weight and all but earth lightness. Earth, then, and bodies 35 IV, 4| weight. Neither has earth any lightness, since it sinks to the bottom 36 IV, 5| and water each have both lightness and weight, and water sinks 37 IV, 5| endowed with both weight and lightness has weightwhereas earth 38 IV, 5| everywhere-but they only have lightness among bodies to whose surface 39 IV, 5| own place, as earth has no lightness. The other two move downward 40 IV, 5| same reasoning applies to lightness, if that is supposed to


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