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These distinctions having been drawn, it is evident that every change and
everything that moves is in time; for the distinction of faster and slower exists
in reference to all change, since it is found in every instance. In the phrase
âmoving fasterâ I refer to that which changes before another into the condition
in question, when it moves over the same interval and with a regular
movement; e.g. in the case of locomotion, if both things move along the
circumference of a circle, or both along a straight line; and similarly in all
other cases. But what is before is in time; for we say âbeforeâ and âafterâ with
reference to the distance from the ânowâ, and the ânowâ is the boundary of the
past and the future; so that since ânowsâ are in time, the before and the after
will be in time too; for in that in which the ânowâ is, the distance from the
ânowâ will also be. But âbeforeâ is used contrariwise with reference to past and
to future time; for in the past we call âbeforeâ what is farther from the ânowâ,
and âafterâ what is nearer, but in the future we call the nearer âbeforeâ and the
farther âafterâ. So that since the âbeforeâ is in time, and every movement
involves a âbeforeâ, evidently every change and every movement is in time.
It is also worth considering how time can be related to the soul; and why
time is thought to be in everything, both in earth and in sea and in heaven. Is
because it is an attribute, or state, or movement (since it is the number of
movement) and all these things are movable (for they are all in place), and
time and movement are together, both in respect of potentiality and in respect
of actuality?
Whether if soul did not exist time would exist or not, is a question that may
fairly be asked; for if there cannot be some one to count there cannot be
anything that can be counted, so that evidently there cannot be number; for
number is either what has been, or what can be, counted. But if nothing but
soul, or in soul reason, is qualified to count, there would not be time unless
there were soul, but only that of which time is an attribute, i.e. if movement
can exist without soul, and the before and after are attributes of movement,
and time is these qua numerable.
One might also raise the question what sort of movement time is the
number of. Must we not say âof any kindâ? For things both come into being in
time and pass away, and grow, and are altered in time, and are moved locally;
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Inhaltsverzeichnis
- Part 1; Logic (Organon) 3
- Categories 4
- On Interpretation 34
- Prior Analytics, Book I 56
- Prior Analytics, Book II 113
- Posterior Analytics, Book I 149
- Posterior Analytics, Book II 193
- Topics, Book I 218
- Topics, Book II 221
- Topics, Book III 237
- Topics, Book IV 248
- Topics, Book V 266
- Topics, Book VI 291
- Topics, Book VII 317
- Topics, Book VIII 326
- On Sophistical Refutations 348
- Part 2; Universal Physics 396
- Physics, Book I 397
- Physics, Book II 415
- Physics, Book III 432
- Physics, Book IV 449
- Physics, Book V 481
- Physics, Book VI 496
- Physics, Book VII 519
- Physics, Book VIII 533
- On the Heavens, Book I 570
- On the Heavens, Book II 599
- On the Heavens, Book III 624
- On the Heavens, Book IV 640
- On Generation and Corruption, Book I 651
- On Generation and Corruption, Book II 685
- Meteorology, Book I 707
- Meteorology, Book II 733
- Meteorology, Book III 760
- Meteorology, Book IV 773
- Part 3; Human Physics 795
- On the Soul, Book I 796
- On the Soul, Book II 815
- On the Soul, Book III 840
- On Sense and the Sensible 861
- On Memory and Reminiscence 889
- On Sleep and Sleeplessness 899
- On Dreams 909
- On Prophesying by Dreams 918
- On Longevity and the Shortness of Life 923
- On Youth, Old Age, Life and Death, and Respiration 929
- Part 4; Animal Physics 952
- The History of Animals, Book I 953
- The History of Animals, Book II translated 977
- The History of Animals, Book III 1000
- The History of Animals, Book IV 1029
- The History of Animals, Book V 1056
- The History of Animals, Book VI 1094
- The History of Animals, Book VII 1135
- The History of Animals, Book VIII 1150
- The History of Animals, Book IX 1186
- On the Parts of Animals, Book I 1234
- On the Parts of Animals, Book II 1249
- On the Parts of Animals, Book III 1281
- On the Parts of Animals, Book IV 1311
- On the Motion of Animals 1351
- On the Gait of Animals 1363
- On the Generation of Animals, Book I 1381
- On the Generation of Animals, Book II 1412
- On the Generation of Animals, Book III 1444
- On the Generation of Animals, Book IV 1469
- On the Generation of Animals, Book V 1496
- Part 5; Metaphysics 1516
- Part 6; Ethics and Politics 1748
- Nicomachean Ethics, Book I 1749
- Nicomachean Ethics, Book II 1766
- Nicomachean Ethics, Book III 1779
- Nicomachean Ethics, Book IV 1799
- Nicomachean Ethics, Book V 1817
- Nicomachean Ethics, Book VI 1836
- Nicomachean Ethics, Book VII 1851
- Nicomachean Ethics, Book VIII 1872
- Nicomachean Ethics, Book IX 1890
- Nicomachean Ethics, Book X 1907
- Politics, Book I 1925
- Politics, Book II 1943
- Politics, Book III 1970
- Politics, Book IV 1997
- Politics, Book V 2023
- Politics, Book VI 2053
- Politics, Book VII 2065
- Politics, Book VIII 2091
- The Athenian Constitution 2102
- Part 7; Aesthetic Writings 2156