>>3701859On a large scale it shows itself in the relation between the central body and the planet, for although the planet is in absolute dependence, it always resists, just like the chemical forces in the organism; hence arises the constant tension between centripetal and centrifugal force, which keeps the globe in motion, and is itself an example of that universal and essential conflict of the manifestation of will which we are considering.
For, as every body must be regarded as the manifestation of a will, and as will it necessarily expresses itself as a struggle, the original condition of every world that is formed into a planet cannot be rest, it must be motion: a striving forward into boundless space, without rest and without end.
