There is no sharp distinction either between memory and the present immediacy or between the present immediacy and anticipation. The present is a wavering breadth of boundary between the two extremes.
Alfred North Whitehead
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- 95% sureThese words were traced back to where they first appeared. That source is listed below.
- The Concept of Nature (1920); Exact wording and attribution checked. Two consecutive complete sentences on experienced duration.
- The Concept of Nature (1920)
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