General Considerations and Kinematical Aspects of Motion

PappusPappusof Alexandria redefined the Euclidean construction game. AristotleAristotle and AugustineAugustineSt. pondered the nature of the phenomenon of time. Time-dependent properties of motion started to play a role. The quadratrixQuadratrix is one of the earliest curves involving time dependence. The notion of uniform motion was defined. In the Aristotelian corpus paradoxes of motion were discussed. In particular ArchimedesArchimedes did not hesitate to use motion in geometry when it led to interesting results.