meditations on time
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"Meditations on time" is a reflective theological and philosophical exploration of the nature of time and human temporality found within Augustine’s Confessions.
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| meditations on time canonical | 1 |
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theme in literature
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theological concept ⓘ |
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How do memory and expectation shape temporal experience?
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How does human temporality relate to divine eternity? ⓘ What is time? ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Augustine of Hippo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| describedAs | a reflective theological and philosophical exploration of the nature of time and human temporality ⓘ |
| explores |
how humans experience time subjectively
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the distinction between temporal creation and eternal God ⓘ the philosophical problem of defining time ⓘ the role of memory in structuring time ⓘ the tension between change and permanence ⓘ |
| hasContext |
Christian theology
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autobiographical narrative of Augustine’s Confessions ⓘ late antique philosophy ⓘ |
| hasDiscipline |
philosophical theology
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philosophy of time ⓘ systematic theology ⓘ |
| hasForm |
meditative discourse
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prayerful reflection ⓘ |
| hasMainTopic |
experience of past, present, and future
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human temporality ⓘ memory ⓘ relationship between time and eternity ⓘ self-reflection ⓘ time ⓘ |
| hasReception |
considered a classic text on the philosophy of time
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widely studied in Augustine scholarship ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Christian doctrine of creation
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Neoplatonic philosophy ⓘ biblical reflections on time and eternity ⓘ |
| influences |
Western philosophy of time
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interpretations of Augustine’s Confessions ⓘ later Christian theology of time ⓘ |
| language | Latin ⓘ |
| locatedInWork | Book XI of Augustine’s Confessions NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Augustine’s Confessions NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| viewpoint |
God is eternal and outside time
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created beings exist within time ⓘ time is closely linked to the human mind’s distension (distentio animi) ⓘ |
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