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Ideas for 'The Fixation of Belief', 'Principia Mathematica' and 'Letters to Burcher De Volder'

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27. Natural Reality / D. Time / 1. Nature of Time / a. Absolute time
22915 Newton needs intervals of time, to define velocity and acceleration [Newton, by Le Poidevin]
22893 Newton thought his laws of motion needed absolute time [Newton, by Bardon]
17012 Time exists independently, and flows uniformly [Newton]
14012 Absolute time, from its own nature, flows equably, without relation to anything external [Newton]
27. Natural Reality / D. Time / 1. Nature of Time / b. Relative time
13181 Time is the order of inconsistent possibilities [Leibniz]
27. Natural Reality / D. Time / 2. Passage of Time / g. Time's arrow
22954 Newtonian mechanics does not distinguish negative from positive values of time [Newton, by Coveney/Highfield]
27. Natural Reality / D. Time / 3. Parts of Time / d. Measuring time
17015 If there is no uniform motion, we cannot exactly measure time [Newton]