2007-08-02 11:33:03 · 12 answers · asked by Giggly Giraffe 7 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
Speaking as a person who believes in the theoretical possibility of time travel, I would have to say yes. Speaking as a person who likes to deal with what is right here, right now, in front of me, I would say "does it matter?". Speaking as someone who believes that if we forget the past, we are doomed to repeat it, I would say they better have existed. Ummm . . . does that answer anything?
2007-08-02 11:45:07 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
Interesting. Not sure what you mean by this question, if it's a metaphysical question or historical one.
At one point, yes, they "existed." But no one can really frame or quantify exactly "how" they existed, because we weren't there and we weren't in the shoes of the people who lived in that time. All we can do is give information about the time -- facts, observations, notions, etc., but this is a far cry from actually re-presenting the "existence" of former times. That is why the discipline of History sometimes is too arrogant in its claim to the past.
2007-08-02 18:32:57 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
LOL!!!!!!!! Of course not. It is just a fixation of peoples imagination and memories. History books are all fiction. I am so glad you asked this question. I wouldn't want you to make a fool of yourself. Now that you got the record straight, you can discuss the former existence of the future intelligently.
2007-08-09 03:02:35 · answer #3 · answered by michelebaruch 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
They do not exist in actuality. They exist in two ways. They did have actuality at some point in time, and therefore insofar as the continuum of time exists, these former parts of it exist. However, they only exist in potency (although they can no longer be brought to actuality), insofar as those values of the space time continuum could--hypothetically--happen again. The past only can be said to currently exist in memory.
2007-08-02 15:33:28 · answer #4 · answered by checkhead 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Former times don't exist. They EXISTED. Now they are present as memories of those times, but the times themselves are long gone. Example: Lincoln did EXIST but just because he did, doesn't mean he does anymore...he EXISTED.
2007-08-02 12:08:14 · answer #5 · answered by shannon3lc 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Yes. That time exist but it will never come back.
2007-08-02 11:42:36 · answer #6 · answered by Third P 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Yes they did, the past is what make our present possible and our present makes the future wheather it be tomorrow or 100 yars from now possible, also God know exactly what when where how etc on all that.
2007-08-03 02:02:18 · answer #7 · answered by craig_snow2000 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
There are significant facts to state that it does, but as to how reliable these facts are I'm not sure, in the end I think it best to just think that it probably happened, but there is a possibility that well.....anything is possible.
2007-08-02 12:10:40 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
I lived some of them, and so did you!
2007-08-08 12:17:24 · answer #9 · answered by Captain Atom 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Where do you think old people come from? They weren't born old you know.
2007-08-02 11:52:42 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋