This concept of visual ( subjective ) direction is very old .
The concept of ( visual ) subjective direction is very old .

Are these two sentences paraphrases of each other?
yes

The centre of the Galapagos Islands is located in the Pacific Ocean at the intersection of the 90th Meridian West and the Equator very close to the western hemisphere .
The center of the Western Hemisphere is located in the Pacific Ocean at the intersection of the 90th meridian west and the Equator very close to the Galapagos Islands .

Are these two sentences paraphrases of each other?
no

It failed again a few years later but soon reopened again .
A few years later it failed again , but opened again soon .

Are these two sentences paraphrases of each other?
yes

The station was built in 1915 by the Connecticut Valley Railroad , New Haven and Hartford Railroad along the former New York line .
The station was built by the New Yorker , New Haven and Hartford Railroad in 1915 along the former Connecticut Valley Railroad line .

Are these two sentences paraphrases of each other?
no