Note 8* — TIME.

Ibid. He goes on to say, that, from this same doctrine, that Time exists only in the mind, some philosophers inferred, that if mind did not exist, neither could Time. Πότερον δὲ μὴ οὔσης ψυχῆς εἴῃ ἂν ὁ χρόνος, ἀπορήσειεν ἄν τις. (Aristot. Nat. Auscult. 1. iv. c. 20.) Themistius, who comments the above passage, expresses himself more positively. Εἰ τοίνυν διχῶς λέγεται, τό τε ἀριθμητὸν, καὶ τὸ ἀριθμούμενον, τὸ μὲν, τὸ ἀριθμητὸν δηλαδὴ, δυνάμει, τὸ δὲ ἐνεργείᾳ, ταῦτα δὲ οὐκ ἂν ὑποσταίῃ, μὴ ὄντος τοῦ ἀριθμήσοντος, μήτε δυνάμει μήτ’ ἐνεργείᾳ,—φανερὸν ὡς οὐκ ἂν ὁ χρόνος εἴῃ, μὴ οὔσης ψυχῆς. (Them. p. 48. Edit. Aldi.)—(Author’s Note.)