I like this point, but I'm not sure exactly how well concepts such as velocity and time, etc. were understood. They were certainly thinking about it, but even t

I like this point, but I'm not sure exactly how well concepts such as velocity and time, etc. were understood. They were certainly thinking about it, but even the idea of no action meaning constant motion (without other forces) was about 1500+ years away. I think Zeno might have invented calculus if it weren't for the fact that math wasn't even nearly sophisticated[1] enough to admit any sensible formalization of the ideas. [1] Perhaps it was even just because the power of symbolic algebra hadn't been fully realized. Geometry and logic only takes you so far.