Omnia qua propter debent per inane quietum aeque ponderibus non aequis concita ferri.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Everything must move through the void based on unequal weights.
- In plain terms
- Motion depends on mass and space.
- What can you take from it?
- Physics governs how objects move.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- What drives movement?
- How does weight matter?
Another view
Quantum effects complicate classical motion.
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