tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6789188.post3837522943710838333..comments2024-03-27T17:15:37.606-04:00Comments on Triablogue: Viewing the river from the bridgeRyanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17809283662428917799noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6789188.post-76142818076182392022012-06-03T18:12:22.277-04:002012-06-03T18:12:22.277-04:00Steve,
Thanks for this. Very insightful.
Appare...Steve,<br /><br />Thanks for this. Very insightful. <br /><br />Apparently, the Greeks conceptualized time in terms of the individual being stationary and the future was behind them (what they could not know) and the past in front of them (what they could know). So they would speak of future time as "overtaking" a person in the present. Accordingly, they prioritized the past and minimized the future. In contrast, moderns today minimize the past and focus on the future. <br /><br />This is an oversimplification, but the gist.Alan E. Kurschnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08963783504805163298noreply@blogger.com