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1 I, 2 | as we term it, is either straight or circular or a combination 2 I, 2 | this is that these two, the straight and the circular line, are 3 I, 2 | downward movements are in a straight line, "upward" meaning motion 4 I, 2 | This cannot be said of any straight line:-not of an infinite 5 I, 2 | circular movement is prior to straight, and movement in a straight 6 I, 2 | straight, and movement in a straight line belongs to simple bodies-fire 7 I, 2 | simple bodies-fire moving straight upward and earthy bodies 8 I, 2 | upward and earthy bodies straight downward towards the centre-since 9 I, 2 | see that fire moves in a straight line away from the centre. 10 I, 3 | the centre. Movement in a straight line certainly does not 11 I, 3 | motions, the circular and the straight, the latter being subdivided 12 I, 4 | obvious tendency to oppose the straight line to the circular. For 13 I, 4 | unity in opposition to the straight. And so, if there is a contrary 14 I, 4 | circular motion, motion in a straight line must be recognized 15 I, 4 | points as the length of the straight line which joins them. It 16 I, 7 | place, there is no other (straight) movement beyond those mentioned: 17 I, 7 | can the infinite move in a straight line. For there would have 18 II, 4 | is always possible to the straight line but never to the circular, 19 II, 4 | extremities be joined by the straight line BC. The line AD, drawn 20 II, 13| concealed by the earth shows a straight and not a curved edge, whereas 21 II, 13| apparently small circles appears straight. Such an appearance ought 22 II, 14| fact every part moves in a straight line to the centre. Being, 23 II, 14| bodies forcibly thrown quite straight upward return to the point 24 II, 14| shows are of every kind straight, gibbous, and concave-but