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