Others before him had asked why heavy bodies fall; now, the homogeneity of the earth with the heavenly bodies having suggested that terrestrial motion is a proper subject for exact mathematical study, we have the further question raised: how do they fall? with the expectation that the answer will be given in mathematical terms.

What It Means

This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "Others before him had asked why heavy bodies fall; now, the homogeneity of the earth with the heavenly bodies having suggested that terrestrial motion is a proper subject for exact mathematical study, we have the further question raised: how do they fall? with the expectation that the answer will be given in mathematical terms." in the context of "Edwin Arthur Burtt, The Metaphysical Foundations of Modern Physical Science (1925)" to mean that wisdom is timeless.