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Ideas for Lynch,MP/Glasgow,JM, Thomas Hobbes and E.M. Cioran

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27. Natural Reality / D. Time / 2. Passage of Time / k. Temporal truths
Past times can't exist anywhere, apart from in our memories [Hobbes]
     Full Idea: When people speak of the times of their predecessors, they do not think after their predecessors are gone that their times can be any where else than in the memory of those that remember.
     From: Thomas Hobbes (De Corpore (Elements, First Section) [1655], 2.07.03)