Some philosophers defined rest as the absence of motion in something naturally capable of moving, making it a case of privation (ʿadam al-malakah).
The kalām formulation instead identifies rest by comparing successive spatial conditions. These are different explanatory angles:
First: a subject capable of motion is not moving.
Second: the subject is in the same place at successive instants.
The formulations should not simply be treated as interchangeable, since their background theories differ.
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Accidents: Definition, Categories and the Beginning of the Origination Argument
Some philosophers defined rest as the absence of motion in something naturally capable of moving, making it a case of privation (ʿadam al-malakah).
The kalām formulation instead identifies rest by comparing successive spatial conditions. These are different explanatory angles:
First: a subject capable of motion is not moving.
Second: the subject is in the same place at successive instants.
The formulations should not simply be treated as interchangeable, since their background theories differ.