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Full Idea
It might be wondered whether or not there would be time if there were not mind.
Gist of Idea
Would there be time if there were no mind?
Source
Aristotle (Physics [c.337 BCE], 223a21)
Book Ref
Aristotle: 'Physics', ed/tr. Waterfield,Robin [OUP 1996], p.115
A Reaction
I like his caution. Some people leap to the conclusion that time is a product of mind. Personally (with my strongly realist tendencies) I don't believe it.
| 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] |