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This fact... proves that space measurements are reducible to time…

Quote byHans Reichenbach · 1891–1953

Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: The Philosophy of Space and Time (1928, tr. 1957).

English (original)

This fact... proves that space measurements are reducible to time measurements. Time is therefore logically prior to space.

— Hans Reichenbach

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