What is time? Why is it important to people? What do the terms past, present, and future mean to us? Time is always on the minds of people. We never have enough of it; it goes too fast and at times too slow. Augustine attempts to explain what time is in human terms but also acknowledges that this is difficult to understand when thinking of God, eternity, past, present, future, etc. In Confessions Book Eleven: Father (Origin), Chapter Three Augustine looks at the nature of time. This is where he famously wrote, “I know what it is if no one asks; but if anyone does, then I cannot explain it.” (p. 267). Augustine argues that time was created when God created the world and that He lives in a world outside of time. Time is only needed for people and that we question the meaning of time to have a deeper understanding of God. I will look critically at the explanation that St. Augustine gives of time and its human and divine aspects. I will also examine if Augustine’s......
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