Ontology Or the Theory of Being An Introduction to General Metaphysics
Ontology Or the Theory of Being An Introduction to General Metaphysics
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So also we derive the notion of time from our perception of motion or change, and mainly from our consciousness of change and succession in our own conscious states. The concept of time involves immediately two other con- cepts, that of duration, and that of succession. Duration, or con- tinuance in existence, is of two kinds, permanent and successive. Permanent duration is the duration of an immutable being, formally and in so far as it is immutable. Successive dura- tion is the continued exis...tence or duration of a being that is subject to change, formally and in so far as it is mutable. Now real change involves a continuous succession of real states, it is a continuous process or fieri ; and it is the duration of a being sub- 1 " Quid est ergo tempus ? Si nemo ex me quaerat, scio ; si quaerenti explicate, velim, nescio, " Qonfess, L. Xi. , qh. Xiv.
QUANTITY, SPACE AND TIME 323 ject to such change that we call time or temporal duration. Had we no consciousness of change, or succession of states, we could have no notion of time ; though we might have a notion of un- changing duration if per impossibile our cognitive activity were it- self devoid of any succession of conscious states and had for its object only unchanging reality.
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So also we derive the notion of time from our perception of motion or change, and mainly from our consciousness of change and succession in our own conscious states. The concept of time involves immediately two other con- cepts, that of duration, and that of succession. Duration, or con- tinuance in existence, is of two kinds, permanent and successive. Permanent duration is the duration of an immutable being, formally and in so far as it is immutable. Successive dura- tion is the continued exis...tence or duration of a being that is subject to change, formally and in so far as it is mutable. Now real change involves a continuous succession of real states, it is a continuous process or fieri ; and it is the duration of a being sub- 1 " Quid est ergo tempus ? Si nemo ex me quaerat, scio ; si quaerenti explicate, velim, nescio, " Qonfess, L. Xi. , qh. Xiv.
QUANTITY, SPACE AND TIME 323 ject to such change that we call time or temporal duration. Had we no consciousness of change, or succession of states, we could have no notion of time ; though we might have a notion of un- changing duration if per impossibile our cognitive activity were it- self devoid of any succession of conscious states and had for its object only unchanging reality.
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