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When we turned time into a line, we reimagined past and future - Aeon

In the 19th century, the linear idea of time became dominant – with profound implications for how we experience the world

By:Emily Thomas
Source:Aeon.co
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When we turned time into a line, we reimagined past and future - Aeon
Its natural, says the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy, to think that time can be represented by a line. We imagine the past stretching in a line behind us, the future stretching in an unseen line… [+15860 chars]

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