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Arts & Humanities > Philosophical Concepts Exploring the concept of time

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Exploring the concept of time             Time has often been called the 4th dimension, but what does that mean?  The first 3 dimensions define space.  You have the horizontal, vertical and depth.  If horizontal and vertical are axes represented on a piece of paper normal to the viewer, then depth is the dimension that is traveling directly away from the viewer.  Over the centuries humanity has developed many different techniques for measuring these quantities.  The first measurements were based on body parts, ...

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