LessonsAccidents: Definition, Categories and the Beginning of the Origination ArgumentQuiz

والحركة: وهي الحصول في المكان مسبوقاً بحصوله في مكان آخر
Motion is occupation of a place preceded by occupation of another place.

The key condition is a difference between successive spatial states. If a body occupies position A at one instant and position B at the next, it is described as moving.

This is a metaphysical definition in terms of position and time, not a modern mathematical account of all kinds of motion, velocity, or physical dynamics.

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Motion as a succession of spatial states

Accidents: Definition, Categories and the Beginning of the Origination Argument

والحركة: وهي الحصول في المكان مسبوقاً بحصوله في مكان آخر
Motion is occupation of a place preceded by occupation of another place.

The key condition is a difference between successive spatial states. If a body occupies position A at one instant and position B at the next, it is described as moving.

This is a metaphysical definition in terms of position and time, not a modern mathematical account of all kinds of motion, velocity, or physical dynamics.