Impetus, in philosophy

by McGinnis, Jon

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“ Impetus ” or “inclination” (mayl) is a technical term in mediaeval Arabic natural philosophy . It primarily refers to the immediate cause of a body’s motion or change, such as a stone’s heaviness, which causes it to move downward if left unsupported. Mediaeval philosophers identified three sorts of impetus: one, natural impetus, like heaviness; two, forced or impressed impetus, like the force that a bow imparts to an arrow; and three, psychological impetus, as in one person’s inclination for …

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“ Impetus ” or “inclination” (mayl) is a technical term in mediaeval Arabic natural philosophy . It primarily refers to the immediate cause of a body’s motion or change, such as a stone’s heaviness, which causes it to move downward if left unsupported. Mediaeval philosophers identified three sorts of impetus: one, natural impetus, like heaviness; two, forced or impressed impetus, like the force that a bow imparts to an arrow; and three, psychological impetus, as in one person’s inclination for another. By the middle period of mediaeval Islamic philosophy impetus

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  • Publisher(s):Brill
  • Language:eng

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  • wc:ALei2666

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eng Islam

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McGinnis, Jon

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