PHIL 2010 Lecture 4: PHIL 2010 Philosopher Notes Augustine, Confessions (Book X, chp. V-XXVI & Book XI, chp. XIV-XXVIII)

• School: University of Georgia
• Department: Philosophy
• Course: PHIL 2010
• Professor: Christopher Lay

Document Summary

Augustine: medieval writer, philosopher, catholic (priest, focus on memory and time. Views on body & soul: man does not know man completely without god, man = body (exterior, without) + should (interior, within) Inner part (soul) is better part (chp. My inner man knew these things through the ministry of the outer man . Forgetfulness: presented as image in the memory // requires a recognition of the image to be remember/ recalled, a privation (block out of space) If present, always present & does not pass to past time . than time does not exist (a constant present eternal) Childhood exists in time past, but see it in time present bc memories > now exists in time present. Premeditation in time present but action in time future // causes and signs seen but not future events. 3. time present of things past > memory time present of things present > direct experience time present of things future > expectation.