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Single Idea 17012
[filed under theme 27. Natural Reality / D. Time / 1. Nature of Time / a. Absolute time
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Full Idea
Absolute, true, and mathematical time, in and of itself and of its own nature, without reference to anything external, flows uniformly and by another name is called duration.
Gist of Idea
Time exists independently, and flows uniformly
Source
Isaac Newton (Principia Mathematica [1687], Def 8 Schol)
Book Ref
Newton,Isaac: 'Philosophical Writings' [CUP 2004], p.64
A Reaction
This invites the notorious question of, if time flows uniformly, how fast time flows. Maybe we should bite the bullet and say 'one second per second', or maybe we should say 'this fact is beyond our powers of comprehension'.
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Idea 17013
Absolute space is independent, homogeneous and immovable [Newton]
Idea 17015
If there is no uniform motion, we cannot exactly measure time [Newton]
The
41 ideas
from 'Principia Mathematica'
18079
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Newton developed a kinematic approach to geometry
[Newton, by Kitcher]
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17546
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If you changed one of Newton's concepts you would destroy his whole system
[Heisenberg on Newton]
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17547
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Newton's idea of force acting over a long distance was very strange
[Heisenberg on Newton]
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6421
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Newton's four fundamentals are: space, time, matter and force
[Newton, by Russell]
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13470
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Mass is central to matter
[Newton, by Hart,WD]
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23012
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Newtonian causation is changes of motion resulting from collisions
[Newton, by Baron/Miller]
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17008
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You have discovered that elliptical orbits result just from gravitation and planetary movement
[Newton, by Leibniz]
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20968
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Newton's Third Law implies the conservation of momentum
[Newton, by Papineau]
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15866
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Newton reclassified vertical motion as violent, and unconstrained horizontal motion as natural
[Newton, by Harré]
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15958
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Inertia rejects the Aristotelian idea of things having natural states, to which they return
[Newton, by Alexander,P]
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20966
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Newton introduced forces other than by contact
[Newton, by Papineau]
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20967
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Newton's laws cover the effects of forces, but not their causes
[Newton, by Papineau]
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16708
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Newton's forces were accused of being the scholastics' real qualities
[Pasnau on Newton]
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22915
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Newton needs intervals of time, to define velocity and acceleration
[Newton, by Le Poidevin]
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22893
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Newton thought his laws of motion needed absolute time
[Newton, by Bardon]
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13593
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Newton showed that falling to earth and orbiting the sun are essentially the same
[Newton, by Ellis]
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20969
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Early Newtonians could not formulate conservation of energy, having no concept of potential energy
[Newton, by Papineau]
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22954
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Newtonian mechanics does not distinguish negative from positive values of time
[Newton, by Coveney/Highfield]
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17011
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I suspect that each particle of bodies has attractive or repelling forces
[Newton]
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17010
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We have given up substantial forms, and now aim for mathematical laws
[Newton]
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13153
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I am studying the quantities and mathematics of forces, not their species or qualities
[Newton]
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17020
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An attraction of a body is the sum of the forces of their particles
[Newton]
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17019
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3: All actions of bodies have an equal and opposite reaction
[Newton]
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17017
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1: Bodies rest, or move in straight lines, unless acted on by forces
[Newton]
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17018
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2: Change of motion is proportional to the force
[Newton]
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17024
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The elegance of the solar system requires a powerful intellect as designer
[Newton]
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17026
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From the phenomena, I can't deduce the reason for the properties of gravity
[Newton]
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17025
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If a perfect being does not rule the cosmos, it is not God
[Newton]
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17028
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Particles mutually attract, and cohere at short distances
[Newton]
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17027
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Science deduces propositions from phenomena, and generalises them by induction
[Newton]
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17022
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We should admit only enough causes to explain a phenomenon, and no more
[Newton]
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17021
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Natural effects of the same kind should be assumed to have the same causes
[Newton]
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17023
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I am not saying gravity is essential to bodies
[Newton]
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17014
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The place of a thing is the sum of the places of its parts
[Newton]
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17016
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Philosophy must abstract from the senses
[Newton]
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17012
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Time exists independently, and flows uniformly
[Newton]
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17015
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If there is no uniform motion, we cannot exactly measure time
[Newton]
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17013
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Absolute space is independent, homogeneous and immovable
[Newton]
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14012
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Absolute time, from its own nature, flows equably, without relation to anything external
[Newton]
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18082
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Quantities and ratios which continually converge will eventually become equal
[Newton]
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12724
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The aim is to discover forces from motions, and use forces to demonstrate other phenomena
[Newton]
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