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| It is asked concerning the comparison of the now of the aevum to the now of time, whether they are the same in substance original: "nunc evi ad nunc temporis". Medieval philosophers distinguished between three types of duration: eternity (for God), the aevum (for celestial beings and angels), and time (for the changing world). | 274 |
| It is asked concerning the unity of time: it is asked how number is one | 275 |
| It is asked how the unity of number is to be understood | 276 |
| It is asked what the unity of time is | 278 |
| It is asked whether matter is the cause of the unity of time | 279 |
| (It is asked whether two times may coexist at once) | 279 |
| It is asked whether motion is in time | 281 |
| It is asked whether eternal things are in time | 281 |
| It is asked concerning things at rest and immobile things, whether they are in time | 282 |
| It is asked concerning generable and corruptible things, whether they are in time according to their substance original: "generabilibus et corruptibilibus". These are things in the natural world that can come into being and pass away. | 283 |
| It is asked concerning impossible things, how they are in time | 283 |
| It is asked whether motion is in the category of quantity original: "in predicamento quantitatis". Aristotle categorized all things into ten groups; Bacon is debating which category "motion" belongs to. | 284 |
| It is asked whether it is in the category of relation | 285 |
| It is asked whether it is in the category of quality: it is asked in which species of quality it should be placed | 285 |
| It is asked concerning the definition of motion, whether it is valid | 286 |
| It is asked whether motion is an act: it is asked whether motion belongs to that which exists in actuality or in potentiality original: "in actu vel in potentia". Potentiality is the capacity to become something, while actuality is the fulfillment of that capacity. | 287 |
| It is asked whether the act of the mover and the thing moved is the same | 287 |
| It is asked whether action and passion are said to be in the same subject original: "actio et passio". In this context, action is the influence exerted by an agent, while passion is the experience of being acted upon by that agent. | 288 |
(HERE BEGINS THE FIFTH BOOK OF THE PHYSICS)
(Everything that changes is changed by something else, etc.)
original: "Transmutatur autem transmutans omne etc." This is the opening phrase of the fifth book of Aristotle's Physics.
| Question | Page |
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| It is asked whether generation is a motion | 289 |
| It is asked whether motion exists in certain categories or whether it can be found in any category | 290 |
| It is asked whether it can terminate in substance | 291 |
| (It is asked if motion is in the category of relation) | 292 |
| It is asked whether motion is motion in the same way as its endpoints | 293 |
| It is asked whether motion enters into quantity | 294 |
| It is asked whether any natural change can happen in "where" (place): (in which category change of place belongs) original: "transmutatio naturalis". This refers to movement within the physical world governed by nature. | 295 |
| It is asked what rest is | 296 |
| It is asked whether there is change from that which is "more" to that which is "less" | 296 |
| It is asked whether rest is an act | 298 |
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