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The quest of the absolute leads into the four-dimensional world.

Arthur Eddington

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Arthur Eddington
Age: 61 †
Born: 1882
Born: December 28
Died: 1944
Died: November 22
Astronomer
Astrophysicist
Philosopher
Physicist
Sir Arthur Stanley Eddington
Sir Arthur Eddington
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Absolutes
Absolute
Leads
Four
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An ocean traveler has even more vividly the impression that the ocean is made of waves than that it is made of water.
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