Difficult to Say Categorically Whether the Earth Moves
...it is still remarkably difficult to say categorically whether the earth moves...
Intellectual Reference Point Restoration
Topic: “Motion”
🔎 Lexicon containing “Motion”
Definitions and explanations of key terms used throughout the site.
Objectivity
The stance or quality of being independent from personal bias, perspective, or emotion.
Romanticism
A movement valuing emotion, imagination, and the sublime over reason and restraint.
Still
Devoid of or abstaining from motion.
Motion
An act, process, or instance of changing place.
Frame of Reference (Physics)
A set of axes which enable an observer to measure the position and motion of all bodies in some system relative to the reference frame.
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→ Browse Full Topics Directory💬 Quote Library — containing “Motion”
You Could Not Step Twice into the Same River
You could not step twice into the same river.
from Cratylus (dialogue) by Plato
Everything Changes and Nothing Stands Still
Everything changes and nothing stands still.
from Cratylus (dialogue) by Plato
All Entities Move and Nothing Remains Still
All entities move and nothing remains still.
from Cratylus (dialogue) by Plato
Everything Flows and Nothing Stays
Everything flows and nothing stays.
from Cratylus (dialogue) by Plato
📖 Excerpts Library
I Can Feel the Earth Moving
I can feel it. I can feel the earth moving. It’s moving too fast. Raj, slow it down.
Source: The Big Bang Theory
Symbolism Was Largely a Reaction Against Naturalism and Realism
Symbolism was largely a reaction against naturalism and realism, anti-idealistic styles which were attempts to represent reality in its gritty particularity, and to elevate the humble and the ordinary over the ideal. Symbolism was a reaction in favour of spirituality,...
Human Beings Literally Lost the Ground of Their View
There are people who regard the deed of Copernicus as the biggest of the cultural revolutions which humanity has ever experienced as far as the historical memory reaches. One has to admit that the impression and the influence of this...
Concept of the Earth Revolving—Axially and Orbitally—Around the Sun
The term [revolution] derives from the Latin substantive revolutio, which was unknown in classical Latin but was used in the early Middle Ages by St. Augustine and other Christian writers. Translated into Italian as rivoluzione in the early Renaissance and...
Source: Fire in the Minds of Men by James H. Billington
They Had to Imagine the Sun as Something That Does Not Move
They had to imagine the sun as something that does not move in relation to the earth and the earth even as something moving.
No One Has Ever Seen It
Even figures associated with the rise of modern science and the modern world—Copernicus, Johannes Kepler, Isaac Newton—were profoundly influenced by Hermetic ideas. Kepler, who discovered the laws of planetary motion, made a living as an astrologer, and Newton wrote more...
Source: The Secret Teachers of the Western World by Gary Lachman
The Earth Must Be Stationary
First, the Greeks expected that if the Earth moved then we would feel a constant wind blowing against us, and we would be swept off our feet as the ground raced from under us. However, we feel no such constant...
Source: Big Bang by Simon Singh
🎼 Song Excerpts
We’ll Watch the World from Above
We'll watch the world from above, as it turns to the rhythm of love
It All Keeps Spinning, Spinning, Round and Round…
This world keeps spinning and there's no time to waste - Well it all keeps spinning, spinning, round and round and upside down
This World Keeps Spinning
Who's to say, what's impossible? Well they forgot, this world keeps spinning
I Look at the World, and I Notice It’s Turning
I look at the world, and I notice it's turning - While my guitar gently weeps
Birds Fly in Every Direction
Birds fly in every direction
I Can’t Believe It’s True
Love's got the world in motion and I know what we can do - Love's got the world in motion and I can't believe it's true
Feet, They Hardly Touch the Ground
Feet, they hardly touch the ground - Walking on the moon
Round and Round the World We Go
Round and round the world we go - Back and forth in time - Always looking for the new sensation - Bigger and better every time
The World Is Spinning, Turning Day to Night
The world is spinning, turning day to night - And my thoughts are running at the speed of light
We Are a Rock Revolving Around a Golden Sun
We are a rock revolving around a golden sun
Suddenly Things Stand Still
When I think that I'm moving, suddenly things stand still
Ripple in Still Water
Ripple in still water When there is no pebble tossed Nor wind to blow
Some Hand Is Motioning, to Rise, to Rise, to Rise
Something unseen, some hand is motioning, to rise, to rise, to rise
All Around, All Around, All Around
Going down, going down, round and round - All around, all around, all around
Making the Earth Whirl Softly
Making the earth whirl softly - Love makes the world go 'round
And the World Keeps Spinning ’Round
And the world keeps spinning 'round - But my world's upside down, and I wouldn't change a thing
It’s like a Merry-Go-Round
Summer, it turns me upside down - Summer, summer, summer - It's like a merry-go-round
Set You Spinnin’ with You Feet Never Touchin’ the Ground
Would be sure to set you spinnin' with you feet never touchin' the ground - And I'm round and round and round and round and round and round and round
We All Make the World Go ’Round
We all make the world go 'round Together, all of us We all make the world go 'round And 'round and 'round
Can’t Keep My Eyes From the Circling Sky
Can't keep my eyes from the circling sky
The Wheel in the Sky Keeps On Turnin’
Ooh, the wheel in the sky keeps on turnin'
I Saw the World Spin Beneath You
I saw the world spin beneath you
That’s the Power–Makes the World Go ’Round
That's the power - Makes the world go 'round
Axis Spins So Round and Round We Go
Axis spins so round and round we go Where we're going no one really knows Here we, here we, here we, here we go Feel the fire way down below
I Feel the Earth Move Under My Feet
I feel the earth move under my feet
It’s Poetry in Motion
It's Poetry in Motion
Every Time the World Spins Around
There's a man on the moon and he says that he's not coming down - But he's thinking of you every time the world spins around
Keep Spinning Around
So when will this end? It goes on and on - Over and over and over again - Keep spinning around, I know that it won't stop until I step down from this for good
Or Am I Standing Still?
Or am I standing still? Beneath the darkened sky - Or am I standing still? With the scenery flying by
It’s Just the Way That Gravity Works Round Here
Don't be concerned, It's just the way that gravity works - Round here
Gravity Is Pulling Me Around
Read the scene where gravity is pulling me around - Shift the swaying river's shift Oceans fall and mountains drift
I’ve Got You Moving
I have done a good thing, I've got you moving, everybody's dancing
It’s Spinning Round and Round
It's lost and can't be found, It's spinning round and round - Slow it down
Believe That Planet Earth Turns
I'd like to make myself believe, that planet Earth turns slowly
You Keep Me Hangin’ ’Round and ’Round
Oh you, you keep me hangin' - 'round and 'round and 'round and 'round
We’ll Begin with a Spin
We'll begin with a spin - Traveling in the world of my creation
