Leibniz defined time elegantly as “the order of noncontemporaneous things.”
“Would it be you who picked up a weapon and came after me? I know you won’t lie. I’ve got to know. Would it be you?’ A little snow slid down from the trees. The wolves watched. Carrot looked up for a moment at the grey sky and then nodded. ‘Yes.’ She sighed. ‘Promise?’ she said.”
― The Fifth Elephant
― The Fifth Elephant
“Who knew where humanity began and where it finished?”
― Thief of Time
― Thief of Time
“Leibniz defined time elegantly as “the order of noncontemporaneous things.”
― The Landscape of History: How Historians Map the Past
― The Landscape of History: How Historians Map the Past
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