On Augustine's View Of Time And The Significance Of Philosophy History

Time is a common phenomenon in human life.Understanding of time runs through the entire development process of philosophy and science.Augustine has made arduous and excellent efforts to study time.Time plays a central role in Augustine's thinking.Time,God,and the soul are three core concepts in Augustine's time philosophy.During the ancient Greek period,natural worship was prevalent and the physical time outside was dominant.Augustine created a concept of mind time by combining time with human consciousness.This is a major turning point in Augustine's time concept.The nature of physical time in the ancient Greek tradition is determined by the cosmology,and this time is not only universal but also infinite.With the establishment of Christianity's orthodox status in Europe,Augustine set out to save the phenomenal world and defend God's absolute freedom.He began to reform the concept of time and formed his own internal time perspective.The quality of Augustine's time perspective is a combination of time and human spirit and life.This is a linear and finite time.The essence of time in Augustine is the stretching of the heart.The purpose of stretching is to eternal God.Since then,the objective time of the Western tradition has begun to extend to subjective time,and has made ideological leads for later generations of philosophers Kant and Heidegger,and has far-reaching implications.Augustine's Christian time perspective is a line segment where the “starting point” and “end point” are determined.The only uncertainty is “now.” The choice of “now” life determines whether time is valuable,I think this It is Augustine's time concept that gives us modern inspiration.There is infinite possibility in this uncertain "now",we can give full play to our subjective initiative,make the "present" time more meaningful and life more valuable."Now" is exciting because it contains infinite possibilities.Augustine's interpretation of time mainly revolved around the creation of time and the subjectivity of human beings.In the formulation of the creation of time,the linear time concept began to form,thereby safeguarding Christian teachings.On the other hand,Augustine also made his subjective status visible by combining time with the human soul,and Augustine's internalization of time began to be completed.Augustine's internal time view sees time as the extension of the soul,highlighting the subjectivity of man,but the ultimate goal is to preserve the eternal God.Therefore,the study of Augustine's view of time should be connected with the reasons and time limitations of his time view,and at the same time see the impact of his time view on future generations.