Time and Soul: From Aristotle to St. Augustine

by Johannes Zachhuber, Zachhuber, Johannes

Can time exist independently of consciousness? In antiquity this question was often framed as an enquiry into the relationship of time and soul. Aristotle cautiously suggested that time could not exist without a soul that is counting it. This proposal was controversially debated among his commentators. The present book offers an account of this debate beginning from Aristotle's own statement of the problem in Book IV of the Physics. Subsequent...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3110692724
• ISBN13: 9783110692723
• Release Date: July 2022
• Publisher: de Gruyter
• Length: 108 Pages
• Weight: 0.36 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 6.1" x 9.2"