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Excerpt from On the Nature of Things
Time has no existence to an unconscious person, because he does not perceive the succession of sensations (which could not exist without movement and space wherein matter could move) whereby he takes note of time. Time is therefore the interval during which matter moves from one position to another. If matter did not move, time would not be perceptible to us. It is in fact only possible for us to appreciate intervals of time which do not fall below a certain limit, a very short but measurable interval of time being imperceptible by our direct sensations.
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