THEOREM 1.

Things which are naturally moved in a circle are simple.

_Demonstration._—Let AB be that which is naturally moved in a circle.

I say that AB is simple: for, since the motion in a circle is a simple

motion; but every simple motion is the motion of a simple body; hence

AB is a simple body. Things, therefore, which are naturally moved in a

circle are simple.

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