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27. Natural Reality / D. Time / 1. Nature of Time / b. Relative time

13181	Time is the order of inconsistent possibilities [Leibniz]
	Full Idea: Time is the order of inconsistent possibilities.
	From: Gottfried Leibniz (Letters to Burcher De Volder [1706], 1703.06.20)
	A reaction: Cf. Idea 13180. This sounds wonderfully bold and interesting, but I can't make much sense of it. One might say it is 'an' order for such things, but 'the' order is weird.

27. Natural Reality / D. Time / 3. Parts of Time / a. Beginning of time

1526	Almost everyone except Plato thinks that time could not have been generated [Plato, by Aristotle]
	Full Idea: With a single exception (Plato) everyone agrees about time - that it is not generated. Democritus says time is an obvious example of something not generated.
	From: report of Plato (works [c.375 BCE]) by Aristotle - Physics 251b14