What more can we require? Nothing but time.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Hutton implies that time is the only necessary condition for change.
- In plain terms
- Nothing else is needed besides time.
- What can you take from it?
- Time drives geological transformation.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- What can time accomplish alone?
Another view
Energy and matter are also required for change.
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