self-motion
- a word derived from motion.
Example Sentences
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Both are intelligent natures endued with the power of self-motion, and the same equipoise is maintained in both.
From Timaeus by Jowett, Benjamin
Wherefore it lives and does not differ from a living being, but is fixed and rooted in the same spot, having no power of self-motion.
From Timaeus by Jowett, Benjamin
I came through the journey without much inconvenience, but when I attempt self-motion I find my legs weak, and my breath very short; this day I have been much disordered.
From Life of Johnson, Volume 4 1780-1784 by Boswell, James
Matter has then the power of self-motion; and nature, to act, has no need of a mover, whose pretended essence would hinder him from acting.
From Good Sense by Holbach, Paul Henri Thiry, baron d'
For it contains an abundant vestige of self-motion, but not that which is true and converted to itself, and on this account perfectly separated from a subject.
From Introduction to the Philosophy and Writings of Plato by Taylor, Thomas
