Which phrase from the passage best states its central idea? the philosophy of the greeks, which in investigating the material principles of things is careful and acute in inquiring the principles of motion, wherein lies all vigour of operation, is negligent and languid refers the original impulse of matter to privation a name for the thing rather than a description of it

"In inquiring the principles of motion, wherein lies all vigor of operation, is negligent and languid" is the phrase from the passage that best states its central idea.

The central idea is a way of describing the main thought or principal theme of a work of literature. Generally, what one person sees as a central idea or theme may not be the same as someone's else, but that is the leisure of literature.

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