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Absolute, true, and mathematical time, in and of itself and of its own nature, without reference to anything external, flows uniformly. ... Absolute space, of its own nature, without reference to anything external, always remains homogeneous and immovable.
Newton's Principia: The Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy (1687, 1848), 77. Quoted in Dan Falk, Universe on a T-Shirt (2005), 88.
See also:  |  Absolute (4)  |  External (6)  |  Flow (2)  |  Homogenous (2)  |  Space (23)  |  Time (55)  |  Uniformity (7)

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