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Full Idea
Whenever I attempt to frame a simple idea of time, abstracted from the succession of ideas in my mind, which flows uniformly and is participated in by all beings, I am lost and embrangled in inextricable difficulties.
Gist of Idea
I cannot imagine time apart from the flow of ideas in my mind
Source
George Berkeley (The Principles of Human Knowledge [1710], §98)
Book Ref
Berkeley,George: 'The Principles of Human Knowledge etc.', ed/tr. Warnock,G.J. [Fontana 1962], p.113
A Reaction
'Embrangled'! A nice statement of the idealist view of time, as entirely mental. I know what he means. However, surely he can manage to imagine a movement which continues when he shuts he eyes? Try blinking during a horse race.
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| 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] |
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