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Quotation from Confessions by Augustine of Hippo

“What then is time? If no one asks me, I know: if I wish to explain it to one that asketh, I know not”

Augustine of Hippo

Confessions, Book XI.14, trans. E. B. Pusey (1838)

Portrait of Augustine of Hippo

The opening of Augustine's inquiry into the nature of time.

Citation: "What then is time? If no one asks me, I know: if I wish to explain it to one that asketh, I know not" — Augustine of Hippo, Confessions, Book XI.14, trans. E. B. Pusey (1838). (id confessions-q7)

Portrait: Saint Augustine Alternative title: Saint Augustin, Philippe de Champaigne, Public domain.

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