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Is light motion?

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jschex
 
Reply Fri 6 Mar, 2015 10:05 am
Since Aristotle defined motion as the actuality of what is potential as potential and light as the actuality of the transparent as transparent, while the nature of the transparent is to be able to be colored by another, would Aristotle's definition of light mean that it must be a motion?
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fresco
 
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Reply Fri 6 Mar, 2015 11:09 am
@jschex,
According to this the answer appears to be no.
http://www.jstor.org/discover/10.2307/301645?sid=21106036647793&uid=3738032&uid=2&uid=4

Homework ? Smile
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dalehileman
 
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Reply Fri 6 Mar, 2015 03:42 pm
@jschex,
http://able2know.org/topic/269643-1
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