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27. Natural Reality / D. Time / 1. Nature of Time / d. Time as measure

[time is our measure of passing events]

9 ideas
For Aristotle time is not a process but a means for measuring processes [Aristotle, by Bardon]
Time does not exist without change [Aristotle]
Time is an aspect of change [Aristotle]
Time is not change, but the number we associate with change [Aristotle]
Change only exists in time through its being temporally measure [Aristotle]
Time measures rest, as well as change [Aristotle]
Time is an interval of motion, or the measure of speed [Posidonius, by Stobaeus]
Time is the measure of change, so we can't speak of time before all change [Dummett]
Quantum theory relies on a clock outside the system - but where is it located? [New Sci.]