Full Idea
Absolute, true, and mathematical time, of itself, and from its own nature, flows equably, without relation to anything external.
Gist of Idea
Absolute time, from its own nature, flows equably, without relation to anything external
Source
Isaac Newton (Principia Mathematica [1687], I:Schol after defs), quoted by Craig Bourne - A Future for Presentism 5.1
Book Reference
Bourne,Craig: 'A Future for Presentism' [OUP 2006], p.145
A Reaction
I agree totally with this, and I don't care what any modern relativity theorists say. It think Shoemaker's argument gives wonderful support to Newton.
Related Idea
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