Topic: “Motion”

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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.

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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Motion

💬 Quote Library — containing “Motion”

Difficult to Say Categorically Whether the Earth Moves

...it is still remarkably difficult to say categorically whether the earth moves...

from The Discovery of Dynamics by Julian Barbour

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,...

Source: Symbolism (movement)

Copernicus and His Time in the Light of Spiritual Science

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...

Source: Copernicus and His Time in the Light of Spiritual Science

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.

Source: Copernicus and His Time in the Light of Spiritual Science

The Secret Teachers of the Western World

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

Source: Rhythm Of Love by Plain White T’s

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

Source: Upside Down by Jack Johnson

This World Keeps Spinning

Who's to say, what's impossible? Well they forgot, this world keeps spinning

Source: Upside Down by Jack Johnson

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

Source: While My Guitar Gently Weeps by The Beatles

Birds Fly in Every Direction

Birds fly in every direction

Source: Birds by Imagine Dragons

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

Source: World in Motion by New Order

Feet, They Hardly Touch the Ground

Feet, they hardly touch the ground - Walking on the moon

Source: Walking on the Moon by The Police

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

Source: The Next Big Thing by Jesus Jones

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

Source: Absolutely Still by Better Than Ezra

We Are a Rock Revolving Around a Golden Sun

We are a rock revolving around a golden sun

Source: Saltwater by Julian Lennon

Suddenly Things Stand Still

When I think that I'm moving, suddenly things stand still

Source: Looking for Space by John Denver

Ripple in Still Water

Ripple in still water When there is no pebble tossed Nor wind to blow

Source: Ripple by Grateful Dead

Some Hand Is Motioning, to Rise, to Rise, to Rise

Something unseen, some hand is motioning, to rise, to rise, to rise

Source: Super Bon Bon by Soul Coughing

All Around, All Around, All Around

Going down, going down, round and round - All around, all around, all around

Source: Quit Waking Me Up by Cheap Trick

Love Makes the World Go Round (Everly Brothers)

Making the Earth Whirl Softly

Making the earth whirl softly - Love makes the world go 'round

Source: Love Makes the World Go Round (Everly Brothers) by The Everly Brothers

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

Source: Sick Cycle Carousel by Lifehouse

It’s like a Merry-Go-Round

Summer, it turns me upside down - Summer, summer, summer - It's like a merry-go-round

Source: Magic (The Cars) by The Cars

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

Source: Round and Round (Aerosmith) by Aerosmith

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

Source: World Go Round by Ringo Starr

Can’t Keep My Eyes From the Circling Sky

Can't keep my eyes from the circling sky

Source: Learning to Fly (Pink Floyd) by Pink Floyd

The Wheel in the Sky Keeps On Turnin’

Ooh, the wheel in the sky keeps on turnin'

Source: Wheel in the Sky by Journey

I Saw the World Spin Beneath You

I saw the world spin beneath you

Source: Black Balloon by Goo Goo Dolls

That’s the Power–Makes the World Go ’Round

That's the power - Makes the world go 'round

Source: The Power of Love by Huey Lewis & The News

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

Source: The Globe by Big Audio Dynamite

I Feel the Earth Move Under My Feet

I feel the earth move under my feet

Source: I Feel the Earth Move by Carole King

It’s Poetry in Motion

It's Poetry in Motion

Source: She Blinded Me with Science by Thomas Dolby

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

Source: Man on the Moon (Jesus Jones) by Jesus Jones

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

Source: Sick Cycle Carousel by Lifehouse

Or Am I Standing Still?

Or am I standing still? Beneath the darkened sky - Or am I standing still? With the scenery flying by

Source: Standing Still (Jewel) by Jewel

It’s Just the Way That Gravity Works Round Here

Don't be concerned, It's just the way that gravity works - Round here

Source: Always Ascending by Franz Ferdinand

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

Source: Feeling Gravity’s Pull by R.E.M.

I’ve Got You Moving

I have done a good thing, I've got you moving, everybody's dancing

Source: I Got The Message by Men Without Hats

It’s Spinning Round and Round

It's lost and can't be found, It's spinning round and round - Slow it down

Source: Falling Away from Me by Korn

Believe That Planet Earth Turns

I'd like to make myself believe, that planet Earth turns slowly

Source: Fireflies by Owl City

You Keep Me Hangin’ ’Round and ’Round

Oh you, you keep me hangin' - 'round and 'round and 'round and 'round

Source: From the End of the World by Electric Light Orchestra

We’ll Begin with a Spin

We'll begin with a spin - Traveling in the world of my creation

Source: Pure Imagination by Willy Wonka

🎵 Songs containing “Motion”

World in Motion

📚 Books Cited containing “Motion”

The Discovery of Dynamics

🧵 Narrative Threads containing “Motion”

My Friends Would Think I Was a Nut

When the human race learns to read the language of symbolism, a great veil will fall from the eyes of men.

Think About the Place Where You Live

If you are confused, check with the sun. Carry a compass to help you along. Your feet are going to be on the ground. Your head is there to move you around.