Dan, I am familiar with Augustine’s approach from the Confessions. I find it to be one of the more aimless sections of that book.
Augustine may logically destroy any notion of time, yet I find that essentially useless. A rationale that destroys that which I cannot exist apart from ie. time, seems to me to be a useless tool. It only serves to illustrate man’s inability to grasp in its entirety God’s creation.
I would prefer to presuppose that I am a finite and temporal creature. Nothing I can do about it. Nor should I find this condition distressing, as it is as God intended.
Augustine’s discussion is heavily influenced by a Neo-platonic conception of time, I think.
rgrydns
Nov 07 2003
11:16 pm
Dan, I am familiar with Augustine’s approach from the Confessions. I find it to be one of the more aimless sections of that book.
Augustine may logically destroy any notion of time, yet I find that essentially useless. A rationale that destroys that which I cannot exist apart from ie. time, seems to me to be a useless tool. It only serves to illustrate man’s inability to grasp in its entirety God’s creation.
I would prefer to presuppose that I am a finite and temporal creature. Nothing I can do about it. Nor should I find this condition distressing, as it is as God intended.
Augustine’s discussion is heavily influenced by a Neo-platonic conception of time, I think.