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Forensic Science & Addiction Research

The Polymorphism of Time

  • Open or Close Patrice F Dassonvillle*

    Author of the Invention of Time and Space: Origins, Definitions, Nature, Properties, France

    *Corresponding author: Patrice F Dassonvillle, Department of Philosophy, Author of the Invention of Time and Space: Origins, Definitions, Nature, Properties, France

Submission: April 17, 2018; Published: April 24, 2018

DOI: 10.31031/FSAR.2018.03.000566

ISSN: 2578-0042
Volume3 Issue4

Abstract

The knowledge of time is parasitized by numerous metaphors, stereotypes and preconceived ideas, which prevent one to define it. The efficient way to approach this notion is to look for its geohistorical origins. Indeed, archaeology and ancient literature reveal that time appeared in the form of what is now called units. Time units are concepts which came from the interpretation of certain natural phenomena, like the lunation, the return of seasons, the alternation of days and nights, the flood of the Nile, etc.

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