St. Augustine on the nature of time

[iamom]

It's an excerpt from St. Augustine's Confessions from ca. 397, dealing with the perception of past, present and future. This portion of Augustine's Wikipedia page sets some interesting context for the part which I'm about to transcribe:

The latter part of Augustine's Confessions consists of an extended meditation on the nature of time. Even the

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[vyus]

augustine had an interesting (and some catholics say it is anti-christian) view of god. he sort of pre-dated einstein by saying that an omniscient god is outside our universe, therefore not constrained by the boundaries of mortals' everyday lives. that's how free will can exist, and god can still know whether you're going to heaven or hell.

there's a book called "classics of philosophy" or some such that i happened upon when in a b&b in solvang, california. i was reading it while recuperating between sessions with a wonderful sensual lesbian with strong thighs (if you have the means, i highly recommend picking one up). it reminded me fully of my philosophy courses in undergrad, and augustine was one of the excerpts. i think this was in it.

a compendium like this might be more fun for you than a full book of "o lords" and whatnot. i'm guessing (based on a google search) this passage is from "confessions." I've only read "cities of god" and wow was it boring.

just... take what self-proclaimed celibate men say with a grain of salt.

but augustine really did have a more gnostic view of god.