Note 81 — Chapter III · THE RATE OF GROWTH
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Cf. Aristotle, Phys. vi, 5, 235 a 11, ὲπεὶ γὰρ ἅπασα κίνησις ἐν χρόνῳ, κτλ. Bacon emphasised, in like manner, the fact that “all motion or natural action is performed in time: some more quickly, some more slowly, but all in periods determined and fixed in the nature of things. Even those actions which seem to be performed suddenly, and (as we say) in the twinkling of an eye, are found to admit of degree in respect of duration.” Nov. Org. XLVI.