Quotation by
Aristotle
Whether if soul did not exist time would exist or not, is a question that may fairly be asked for if there cannot be someone to count there cannot be anything that can be counted, so that evidently there cannot be number for number is either what has been
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Aristotle is suggesting that time depends on a soul or mind to perceive and measure it, because without someone to count or observe, numbers and therefore time cannot exist. He argues that time is linked to the act of counting events or moments, which requires a conscious observer.
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