Augustine of Hippo · Theology

What Is Time?

In Book 11 of the <em>Confessions</em>, Augustine asks a question that has tormented philosophers ever since: what <em>is</em> time? His answer - that time exists only in the mind that measures it - is one of the most original passages in all of philosophy.

What you'll be able to recall

You learned that Augustine located time in the mind rather than the world. Reconstruct his puzzle about the past and future, and his solution, in your own words.

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