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2006-06-13 01:52:10 · 13 answers · asked by CRIS14 2 in Arts & Humanities Philosophy

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Time is a man-made concept, invented to track history and to plan future events. In truth, the only "time" we can count on is the present: The past is gone, never to return, and the future is promised to no one!

2006-06-13 02:09:53 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1 0

Time has long been a major subject of philosophy, art, poetry, and science. There are widely divergent views about its meaning; hence it is difficult to provide an uncontroversial definition of time. Many fields use an operational definition in which the units of time are defined. Scholars disagree on whether time itself can be measured or is itself part of the measuring system.

The Oxford English Dictionary defines time as "the indefinite continued progress of existence and events in the past, present, and future, regarded as a whole." Another standard dictionary definition is "a nonspatial linear continuum wherein events occur in an apparently irreversible order." The Latin word for time, tempus, came from the Greek temnein meaning "to cut" (same root for atomos άτομον meaning "indivisible"), thus signifying a division of the flowing duration.

The measurement of time has also occupied scientists and technologists, and was a prime motivation in astronomy. Time is also a matter of significant social importance, having economic value ("time is money") as well as personal value, due to an awareness of the limited time in each day and in our lives. Units of time have been agreed upon to quantify the duration of events and the intervals between them. Regularly recurring events and objects with apparent periodic motion have long served as standards for units of time. Examples are the apparent motion of the sun across the sky, the phases of the moon, and the swing of a pendulum

2006-06-13 02:04:43 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

Time is precious , it can be material or immaterial but can not be wasted at any cost. If you want the importance of time ask the athlets who is running the 100mts, the student who is passing his final exams, the beggar who is eating his final cent.

2006-06-13 02:03:21 · answer #3 · answered by Patrick R 1 · 0 0

A to Z. Time is linear. Death is the nemesis. If you lived forever in your body, there would be no time, only experiences.
Lapis Lazuli

2006-06-13 01:59:12 · answer #4 · answered by Lapis Lazuli 2 · 0 0

I'm gonna skip the philosophical mumbo jumbo and tell you exactly what time is.

Captain Hooks worst nightmare.

2006-06-14 19:04:53 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

9:08 on the east coast of Florida, USA.

2006-06-13 02:09:54 · answer #6 · answered by her half dead lover 4 · 0 0

Time is irrelevent. Time is a manmade concept to measure their own accomplishments

2006-06-13 01:57:49 · answer #7 · answered by panthersmoke 1 · 0 0

Colourless & Soundproof.

2006-06-18 12:07:48 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

A way of measuring and referencing eternity.

2006-06-18 20:54:06 · answer #9 · answered by LORD Z 7 · 0 0

time is a waisting. or wasted on those stupid little things that don't mean a dam thing.

2006-06-13 02:01:42 · answer #10 · answered by ? 7 · 0 0

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