Water and Circular Motion

Part of Aristotle's Archephysicist argument against Thales is that his nameless Arche-element is more fundamental than Water, since circular motion is more fundamental than rectilinear motion, and that the motion of his element is circular, while the natural motion of the Water--which he claims is falling--is rectilinear.  However, he does not consider that Water also radiates from a source, which is therefore the Center of a Circle, and, hence, is prior to the latter.  Nor, therefore, does he recognize the potential relevance of the fact that the body that is at the Center of his Cosmos is 70% covered with Water.  Now, there are more, concrete, reasons for challenging Thales' thesis, e. g. that it seems difficult to derive Fire from Water, upon which Aristotle's does not seem to improve.  Instead, his imagery draws attention to the unaddressed possibility of a 'center' of his circular Thought-Thinking-Itself.