¶ Time
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One more scientific factor entered the scene during the zero hour of the Mediterranean philosophers’ streamlining. That was the concept of time as a segregated philosophic entity. We have already seen what an important factor time is in Einstein’s formula, where rate of energy combines time, as pure abstract, with space, as pure matter. TIME entered the picture through poetry. Many, if not most, of the important scientific events that have occurred have appeared first in fun and play, as for instance the suspension bridge which appeared first as a Chinese tight-rope-walker’s frame. Funambulist = rope = walker; funis = rope; ambulare = walk. “Fun” – “rope” – Will Rogers – line – tension – the ‘fun’ of life.
