self-moving

  • 131Locofoco — /loh koh foh koh/, n. 1. (sometimes l.c.) a member of the radical faction of the New York City Democrats, organized in 1835 to oppose the conservative members of the party. 2. (l.c.) a friction match or cigar developed in the 19th century,… …

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  • 132physics, philosophy of — Aristotle distinguishes seven meanings of the Greek word physis, settling on it as the essence of things that have a source of movement within themselves. The world, for Aristotle, is a world of self moving or self developing things, and physis… …

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