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  • For if matter is a relaxation of the inextensive into the extensive and, thereby, of liberty into necessity, it does not indeed wholly coincide with pure homogeneous space, yet is constituted by the movement which leads to space, and is therefore on the way to geometry.

    Evolution créatrice. English Henri Bergson 1900

  • When he had gone down in the lift, Edith took an inextensive walk through the entire flat, going into each room, and looking at herself in every looking-glass.

    Love's Shadow Ada Leverson 1897

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  • Inextensive signfies not extensive.

    September 12, 2014