Note 333 — Chapter VII · CONSERVATION.—THE RELATION OF GOD TO THE WORLD. (Continued.)
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By the statical properties of matter we understand extension, limit, position, impenetrability, and inertia. We have no idea that there is a vis inertiæ in matter. Vis inertiæ is a forceless force, which is an absurdity. Inertness in matter is not a force, but the opposite of a force—a passivity which requires a force in order to change.