Full Idea
Look how many questions there are on time. Does it have an existence of its own? Does anything exist prior to time, independently of it? Did it begin with the universe, or did it exist even before then?
Gist of Idea
Does time exist on its own? Did anything precede it? Did it pre-exist the cosmos?
Source
Seneca the Younger (Letters from a Stoic [c.60], 088)
Book Reference
Seneca: 'Letters from a Stoic (Selections)', ed/tr. Campbell,Robin [Penguin 1969], p.158
A Reaction
I'm not sure that the questions have shifted or become any clearer after two thousand years, despite Einstein and co. Note that discussions of time were not initiated by Augustine.