Augustine's Shrinking Present
The present is an instant of no duration dividing the future interval from the past interval
Past
Present
Future
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The present is an interval between the future interval and the past interval
Past
Present
Future
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Question: How long is the present interval?
Answer: It depends
present hour, present week, present term, present year, present century.
Augustine puts forward an argument of the Ever-Shrinking Present to cast doubt on the reality of objective time.
Confessions XI
Past Years
Present Year
Future Years
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Past Terms
Present Term
Future Terms
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Past Weeks
Present Week
Future Weeks
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Past Days
Present Day
Future Days
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Past Hours
Present Hour
Future Hours
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Past Minutes
Present Minute
Future Minutes
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Past Seconds
Present Second
Future Seconds
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Past ?Limits?
Present ?Limit?
Future ?Limits?
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No Present Interval at all
ergo
No Time at all