Newton's first law was necessary because Euclidean proportion, the language of the Principia, only applies to non-zero magnitudes, so the zero-force case required a separate axiom.
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On the independence problem of Newton's first law
Newton's first law was necessary because Euclidean proportion, the language of the Principia, only applies to non-zero magnitudes, so the zero-force case required a separate axiom.