Summary of Alon Halperin's The Network of Time

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#1 The Bible has two points of view on time: the point of view of the regular axis of time which we experience as part of the beings of creation, and the point of view of God who exists outside of time and perceives the past, present, and future in one eternal and unified image.

#2 The pre-Socratic philosopher Parmenides believed that change and movement are not possible since the world is one, eternal and frozen. Since change and movement are the fundamental expressions of our experience of time, then if change and movement do not exist, neither does time.

#3 The paradox of Achilles and the tortoise is a beautiful and simple example of how we cannot rely on our sense perception when it comes to the world around us. According to Zeno, we can never overcome the infinite number of segments of distance and time between the tortoise and Achilles.

#4 The Arrow Paradox states that if a Greek warrior fires an arrow at the skies of Athens, and we observe it as it moves through the air, the arrow will never reach its destination. It will always be at rest. How does it move from one point to the next if it is at rest in each.

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