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    It is not the case that Buridan's impetus theory was largely dormant as a live target by Descartes' time, whereas Descartes' contemporaries like More pressed him specifically on absolute versus relational motion.

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    • 1.Impetus concepts persisted in natural philosophy through the 17th century and influenced debates about inherent versus impressed force in motion.
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    • 2.The claim that More 'pressed' Descartes specifically on absolute motion conflates the direction of influence—Descartes initiated relational motion theory.
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    • 3.Characterizing impetus as 'dormant' obscures its continued presence in scholastic curricula and its intellectual genealogy to Cartesian mechanics itself.
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    • 1.By the 17th century, impetus theory had been superseded by mechanical philosophy and inertial concepts, making it peripheral to contemporary debates.
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    • 2.Descartes' actual correspondence and published works show More, Clarke, and others engaging him directly on motion's relational versus absolute nature.
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    • 3.Impetus theory targeted medieval problems about projectile motion, not the metaphysical framework issues animating Cartesian-Cambridge Platonist disputes.
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