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Single Idea 3936

[filed under theme 11. Knowledge Aims / C. Knowing Reality / 3. Idealism / c. Empirical idealism ]

Full Idea

Time is measured by the succession of ideas in our minds.

Gist of Idea

Time is measured by the succession of ideas in our minds

Source

George Berkeley (Three Dialogues of Hylas and Philonous [1713], I p.172)

Book Ref

Berkeley,George: 'The Principles of Human Knowledge etc.', ed/tr. Warnock,G.J. [Fontana 1962], p.172

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A Reaction

But we distinguish between subjective time (which flies when you are having fun), and objective time, judged from observation of clocks and nature.