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THE OPINIONS OF THE PHILOSOPHERS ABOUT TIME MUST BE STUDIED.

Project Gutenberg EPUB3 edition Plotinus and Guthrie, Kenneth Sylvan
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If those blessed ancient philosophers had not already uttered their views about time, we would only need to add to the idea of eternity what we have to say of the idea of time, and to set forth our opinion on the subject, trying to make it correspond with the already expressed notion of eternity. But we now must examine the most reasonable opinions that have been advanced about time, and observe how far our own opinion may conform thereto.

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Plotinos: Complete Works, v. 3 In Chronological Order, Grouped in Four Periods, Project Gutenberg eBook #42932

TO STUDY TIME WE HAVE TO DESCEND FROM THE INTELLIGIBLE WORLD. TIME CONSIDERED EITHER AS MOTION; AS SOMETHING MOVABLE; OR SOMETHING OF MOTION.