potters wheel
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- run round
- description
- An object used as a counter-example to argue that time exists independently of celestial motions, as its whirlings could still be measured in time even if 'lights of heaven should cease'.
- illustrative_purpose
- example of measurable motion without celestial bodies
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- demonstratesMotions of Bodies
- description
- The turning of a potter's wheel is used to demonstrate that motions, even of earthly objects, can be measured in time.
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- Or, if the lights of heaven should cease, and a potter's wheel run round, should there be no time by which we might measure those whirlings
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- 2026-03-02T21:55:29.293Z
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