Ancient Germanic languages had no future tense, only past and present, which may indicate that they did not, in fact, have a concept of “future”.
A moment of consideration: One could say, “I learned” and “I learn”, but not “I will learn”.
There’s no “I will do”, “I should do”, “I can do”.
Yet they lived together (which I believe implies some system of morality), they created myths, they formed a society...
How important is “future”?
2007-12-03
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