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- Title
Archæology of the concept of “time” in the ancient Western, Eastern, and Far Eastern cultures The foundations of physics.
- Authors
Gregori, Giovanni Pietro; Wezel, Forese Carlo; Gregori, Lucia Giuseppina; Allen, Bruce; Soon, Willie; Straser, Valentino
- Abstract
We consider the prehistorical development that at the time of the great Greek thinkers preceded the present definition of “science”. The present well-known paradoxes of theoretical physics (relativity and quantum mechanics) can be overcome if one assumes that “absolute” reality is represented by a “timeless” world, while “time” and “antitime” are occasional additional features that characterize “world” and “antiworld”. “World” and “antiworld” are, respectively, the realm of “matter” and “antimatter” etc. A set of five previous papers deals with the devoted full discussion of the improved axiomatic formulation of theoretical physics. The present paper illustrates a prehistorical background of the crucial concept of “time”, in the Western, Eastern (Hindu), and Far Eastern worlds. The main pertinent focus is on a prehistorical strong debate, which preceded the classic Greek world at the time when unknown and astute thinkers debated and wrote the Bible and the ancient books of Hinduism. The impressive result is that the concept of a timeless world was a concern that survived at least until the III century AD. Conversely, the present generally agreed feeling about “absolute” time finally prevailed - and became accepted like an unconscious and innate concept. The ancient “timeless” concept later survived in some ascetic thinkers, theologians, and in some popular beliefs – that were originally proposed as a simple way to explain some subtle concepts to the man-of-the-street. The whole discussion has some profound implication on the same meaning of “science”, including crucial ethical constraints. For comparison purpose, also the Far East concept of “time” is considered according to Confucianism, Taoism, and Buddhism.
- Subjects
GREECE; EAST Asia; BIBLE; PHYSICS; QUANTUM mechanics; PARADOX; ANTIMATTER; TAOISM
- Publication
New Concepts in Global Tectonics Journal, 2023, Vol 11, Issue 1, p3
- ISSN
2202-5685
- Publication type
Article