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The turning or rotating virtue, whereby a body turns about its own axis or center, is logically dependent upon the directing virtue. For indeed, for what purpose would the directing virtue be in an earthly body unless it were on account of its rotation? That the turning may take place in the way it should, a body must be maintained in its own proper position. If, however, there were no rotation, then there would he no need of a directing virtue, for a body which is in itself immobile has no need of alignment.
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Von Guericke, O. (1994). The Turning Virtue. In: The New (So-Called) Magdeburg Experiments of Otto Von Guericke. Archives Internationales D’Histoire Des Idées / International Archives of the History of Ideas, vol 137. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-2010-4_93
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