Single Idea 22966

[catalogued under 27. Natural Reality / D. Time / 3. Parts of Time / e. Present moment]

Full Idea

The now is a link of time, for it links together past and future time, and is a limit of time, since it is a beginning of one and an end of the other.

Gist of Idea

The present moment is a link (of past to future), and also a limit (of past and of future)

Source

Aristotle (Physics [c.337 BCE], 222a10)

Book Reference

Aristotle: 'Physics Books III and IV', ed/tr. Hussey,Edward [OUP 1983], p.49


A Reaction

It is not clear how a limit (such as the boundary between two overlapping bits of paper) can also be a 'link'. He noticed the problem in Idea 22958.

Related Idea

Idea 22958 Nows can't be linked together, any more than points on a line [Aristotle]