Absolute rest does not exist for any body
Evidence
Taken in the aggregate, in so far as can be concluded, either from observation or from analogy in the way of inference, no body whatsoever is, or ever has been, or ever will be, absolutely in a state of rest, i.e. without being in motion with reference to some other body or bodies. … The earth which we inhabit is not at rest. The sun himself about which she moves is not at rest. The stars called fixed, being but so many suns, are themselves no more at rest than is he. — Jeremy Bentham, The Panopticon Writings, 433
Categorization
- XREF: connects to: Rest is never absolute but always relative to some perceived reference entity — Jeremy Bentham, The Panopticon Writings, 381