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It Is Probably Safe To Say That All The Changes Of Factual Knowledge Which Have Led To The Relativity Theory, Resulting In A Very Great Theoretical Development, Are Completely Trivial From Any Point Of View Except Their Relevance To The Structure Of A Theoretical System.
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Talcott Parsons
It Is Probably Safe To Say That All The Changes Of Factual Knowledge Which Have Led To The Relativity Theory, Resulting In A Very Great Theoretical Development, Are Completely Trivial From Any Point Of View Except Their Relevance To The Structure Of A Theoretical System.
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