Space is to place as eternity is to time.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Space relates to place the way eternity relates to time.
- In plain terms
- Space is to place what eternity is to time.
- What can you take from it?
- Understand time and space through their larger counterparts.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- How do you define eternity?
- What is the difference between space and place?
Another view
It is abstract and hard to grasp physically.
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