Newton believes that time is _______, that is, that ______

A. relative/time varies depending on gravity and astronomical forces
B. absolute/time is the same everywhere, and its properties are independent of anything that happens in it
C. absolute/time has the properties that, as he wrote, we have an "absolute desire" for it to have
D. relative/time varies depending on astrological forces


Answer: B

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