In bodies moved, the motion is received, increased, diminished, or lost, according to the relations of the quantity of matter and velocity; each diversity is uniformity, each change is constancy.
Interpretation
This quote suggests that the motion and changes in physical bodies reflect fundamental relationships of matter and velocity, showing a deeper consistency in diversity and change.
Montesquieuβs quote explores the intricate relationship between motion, matter, and the physical laws that govern them. It implies that while various forms of motion may appear chaotic and diverse, they are governed by underlying rules that create a sense of uniformity and consistency. These principles reveal that change is a natural constant in the world, and that every alteration in motion corresponds to specific relationships between the physical properties involved.
In practice
Using this quote during a lecture about the laws of physics to illustrate the principles of motion.
When the legislative and executive powers are united in the same person, or in the same body of magistrates, there can be no liberty; because apprehensions may arise, lest the same monarch or senate should enact tyrannical laws, to execute them in a tyrannical manner.
Author: A fool who, not content with having bored those who have lived with him, insists on tormenting generations to come.
Man, as a physical being, is like other bodies governed by invariable laws.
Raillery is a mode of speaking in favor of one's wit at the expense of one's better nature.
Liberty is the right of doing whatever the laws permit.
The law of nations is naturally founded on this principle, that different nations ought in time of peace to do one another all the good they can, and in time of war as little injury as possible, without prejudicing their real interests.
The sinner who suddenly realizes God's love for him and then looks at his rejection of that love feels a loss similar to the death of a loved one. A deep void is created in the soul and a loneliness akin to the agony of death.
We love force and we care very little how it is exhibited.
A person who has not completely lost the memory of paradise, even though it is a faint one, will suffer endlessly. He will feel the call of the essential world, will hear the voice that comes from so far away that one cannot find out where it comes from, a voice that cannot guide him.
Viva Las Vegas with your neon flashin' and your one arm bandits crashin' all those hopes down the drain. Viva Las Vegas turnin' day into nighttime, turnin night into daytime. If you see it once, you'll never be the same again.
If I take death into my life, acknowledge it, and face it squarely, I will free myself from the anxiety of death and the pettiness of life - and only then will I be free to become myself.
My unconscious knows more about the consciousness of the psychologist than his consciousness knows about my unconscious.
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