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Full Idea
One might find it a difficult question, whether if there were no soul there would be time or not.
Gist of Idea
It is unclear whether time depends on the existence of soul
Source
Aristotle (Physics [c.337 BCE], 223a22)
Book Ref
Aristotle: 'Physics Books III and IV', ed/tr. Hussey,Edward [OUP 1983], p.52
A Reaction
If only we could arrange a meeting with Kant. Personally I take it to be simple - obviously time passed before minds emerged in the universe. Our whole modern account of reality realies on it. His problem is that only souls count things.
Related Idea
Idea 22959 Time is not change, but the number we associate with change [Aristotle]
| 5106 | Would there be time if there were no mind? [Aristotle] |
| 22967 | It is unclear whether time depends on the existence of soul [Aristotle] |
| 18454 | Time is the circular movement of the soul [Porphyry] |
| 22888 | To be aware of time it can only exist in the mind, as memory or anticipation [Augustine, by Bardon] |
| 5984 | Maybe time is an extension of the mind [Augustine] |
| 6733 | I cannot imagine time apart from the flow of ideas in my mind [Berkeley] |
| 5534 | One can never imagine appearances without time, so it is given a priori [Kant] |
| 22889 | We should treat time as adverbial, so we don't experience time, we experience things temporally [Bardon, by Bardon] |
| 17592 | The barman called 'Time!', and Augustine said..... [Sommers,W] |