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On The Time Of Augustin

Posted on:2016-10-28Degree:MasterType:Thesis
Country:ChinaCandidate:Q LvFull Text:PDF
GTID:2285330470479495Subject:Foreign philosophy
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Time is not only a problem of science, but also a philosophical problem. For a time, whether it is the philosopher of ancient Greece or the modern philosophers pay more attention, and have put forward their own point of view. To explore the time problem relates to the very broad field, therefore, the history of the philosopher understanding of time there are still a lot of questions and puzzles. Although they find the understanding of time and answer can be in many areas outside of philosophy, but no matter in which field of time can’t be separated from the solution was in the period of history, cultural background and understanding of things."Time is the question of what, in the history of Western Philosophy" is first proposed by Augustin. He proposed to the question of time is for religious reasons, in his book "Confessions", Augustin thought deeply about the question of time, and his time as human wisdom and philosophy to explore. Augustin think, time will not be eternal existence, the time is not being independent, time is more than a motion of the object; he thinks, only God can create time, time is an extension of the human mind.In Augustin’s ideological system, the problem of time occupy an important position, it is because Augustin questions the time problem, only to change the ancient Greek concept of time. At the same time, Augustin interpretation of the time also affected the later philosophers, such as Degel, Kant, Russell and other philosophers have been inspired by the. Augustin of the view of time change can be said to be the most far-reaching influence in the history of western philosophy to create a sense of understanding, from a philosophical point of view, the concept of time changes have time this problem has become a real problem of philosophy, at the same time, a fundamental starting point is also the philosophy into other fields.
Keywords/Search Tags:Augustine, Time, Confessions
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