Elements mutually contingent are not in conflict so long as they partake of the continua of time, space, etc.
I mean the continua of memory or personal consciousness, of time and of space.
Not only do the materials lend themselves under certain circumstances to aesthetic manipulation, but underlying their worst disjointedness are three great continua in which for each of us reason's ideal is actually reached.
But it would imply contradiction if lines were conceived as continua of the first order, that is to say, if on the lines traced by the geometer should be found only points having for coordinates rational numbers.
If cuts which are continua of one dimension suffice, we shall say C has two dimensions; if cuts of two dimensions suffice, we shall say C has three dimensions, and so on.
These two physical continua both have three dimensions.
Space is a mathematical continuum, it is infinite, and we can represent to ourselves only physical continua and finite objects.
Identity of the Different Spaces We are therefore led to compare the twocontinua C and C' engendered, for instance, one by my first finger D, the other by my second finger D'.
We have made hitherto only the first stride; we have explained the origin of continua of the first order; but it is necessary to see why even they are not sufficient and why the incommensurable numbers had to be invented.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "continua" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
