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Full Idea
Time does not exist without change.
Gist of Idea
Time does not exist without change
Source
Aristotle (Physics [c.337 BCE], 218b32)
Book Ref
Aristotle: 'Physics', ed/tr. Waterfield,Robin [OUP 1996], p.105
A Reaction
His reasons are epistemological, and are nicely attacked by Shoemaker, in 'Time without Change'. There is something intuitively wrong about Aristotle's claim. If reality freezes, then 'how long was it frozen?' is a quite reasonable question.
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| 8590 | Time does not exist without change [Aristotle] |
| 5104 | Time is an aspect of change [Aristotle] |
| 22959 | Time is not change, but the number we associate with change [Aristotle] |
| 22964 | Change only exists in time through its being temporally measure [Aristotle] |
| 22965 | Time measures rest, as well as change [Aristotle] |
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