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| Stephen Hawking |
In an article
published in 1999, in volume 879 of the Annals of the New York Academy of
Sciences, Pier Luigi Luisi speaks about the two traditional models of time that
have been considered by traditional philosophy and the mythologies of various
historical civilizations. They must not be confused with the two philosophical
models originated in the twentieth century, the time A and time B of which I
spoke in another
post of this blog.
- Cyclical time, predominant
in Asian civilizations and the Greco-Roman world until the Christian world
view took root there. The origin of this model is evident, for many
natural phenomena are cyclical: sunrise and sunset; the phases of the moon;
the annual movements of the stars, synchronized with the seasons and with
many biological phenomena...
- Linear time, prevailing in the three religions who consider themselves descendants of Abraham: Judaism, Christianity and Islam. Linear time can be compared with the course of the life of a living being, which begins at birth, goes on with changes during a certain period, and ends with death.
