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>>18202358
ATHENIAN: Now let’s put the point in a different way, and once again
answer our own questions: ‘Suppose the whole universe were somehow
to coalesce and come to a standstill—the theory which most of our
philosopher-fellows are actually bold enough to maintain—which of the motions
we have enumerated would inevitably be the first to arise in it?’ ‘Self-
generating motion, surely, because no antecedent impulse can ever be
transmitted from something else in a situation where no antecedent im-
pulse exists. Self-generating motion, then, is the source of all motions, and
the primary force in both stationary and moving objects, and we shan’t
be able to avoid the conclusion that it is the most ancient and the most
potent of all changes, whereas the change which is produced by something
else and is in turn transmitted to other objects, comes second.’
CLINIAS: You’re absolutely right.
ATHENIAN: So now we’ve reached this point in our discussion, here’s
another question we should answer.
CLINIAS: What?
ATHENIAN: If we ever saw this phenomenon—self-generating motion—
arise in an object made of earth, water or fire (alone or in combination)
how should we describe that object’s condition?
CLINIAS: Of course, what you’re really asking me is this: when an object
moves itself, are we to say that it is ‘alive’?
ATHENIAN: That’s right.
CLINIAS: It emphatically is alive.
ATHENIAN: Well then, when we see that a thing has a soul, the situation
is exactly the same, isn’t it? We have to admit that it is alive.
CLINIAS: Yes, exactly the same.
ATHENIAN: Now, for heaven’s sake, hold on a minute. I suppose you’d
be prepared to recognize three elements in any given thing?
CLINIAS: What do you mean?
ATHENIAN: The first point is what the object actually is, the second is the
definition of this, and the third is the name. And in addition there are two
questions to be asked about every existing thing.

>>16302274
The Mountain and flyover hypeboreans will reclaim the coasts, to purge this all. Pic related.