This law is considered to be a extension of Galileo's Law of Inertia. ... As we have noted earlier in conjunction with the discussion of Galileo, Aristotle's view seems to be more in accord with common sense, but that is because of a failure to appreciate the role played by frictional forces. Once account is taken of all forces acting in a given situation it is the dynamics of Galileo and Newton, not of Aristotle, that are found to be in accord with the observations. ...

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Newton's First Law of Motion - The Law of Inertia This law, already noted by Galileo, states the following: "An object in motion tends to stay in motion, and an object at rest tends to stay at rest, unless the object is acted upon by an outside force."" ...

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