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CHAPTER XV.. The Perception of Time, 605

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THE PERCEPTION OF TIME, 605

The sensible present. Its duration is the primitive time-perception. Accuracy of our estimate of short durations. We have no sense for empty time. Variations of our time-estimate. The feeling of past time is a present feeling. Its cerebral process.

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