Nature is always and everywhere of the same sort. It matters little that it extends to infinity: beyond the extreme limit to which my eyes can reach, it is not different from what it is here. The space which I imagine beyond the horizon is still space, identical with that which I see. The time which flows without end is made up of moments identical which I have passed through. Extension, like duration, repeats itself indefinitely.
Émile Durkheim, The Elementary Forms of the Religious Life
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That which characterizes the life of nature is a regularity which approaches monotony. [...] It requires culture and reflection to shake off this yoke of habit and to discover how marvellous this regularity itself is.
Émile Durkheim, The Elementary Forms of the Religious Life
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Uh… This is your Captain again.
You know, I’ve got a funny feeling I’ve seen this all before.
Why? ‘Cause I’m a caveman.
Why? ‘Cause I’ve got eyes in the back of my head.
Why? It’s the heat. Standby.
This is the time. And this is the record of the time.
Laurie Anderson, From the Air (Big Science)
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