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social theories of time  

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  • Time is our self-conscious awareness of change. We can measure such changes by means of the shadow that moves across a sundial, the sand that falls through an hourglass, the hands that traverse the face of a clock, or the vibrations of a cesium atom. [Source: Encyclopedia of Philosophy and the Social Sciences; Time, Social Theories of]

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/N9J-MSRVZ25Q-8

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