Nowhen

Quick meaning: Nowhen is a noun meaning (philosophy) A point from which one has an unrestricted perspective in time.

Meaning

(philosophy) A point from which one has an unrestricted perspective in time.

More Meanings

1. In or at no (point in) time.

Example Sentences

Again, whatever is not here nor there, now nor then, is capable of being nowhen or nowhere; and so all things which consist of parts, though they may exist always (like Time) or everywhere (like the Universe),[…]

Do they have continuous existence, nowhere and nowhen, or are they created as needed by categorial reason? On what ground can we postulate them in order to define truth? If they merely copy the world why do we need them and how do we[…]

I want to show that if we want to understand the asymmetry of time then we need to be able to understand, and quarantine, the various ways in which our patterns of thought reflect the peculiarities of our own temporal perspective. We need to acquaint ourselves with what might aptly be called the view from nowhen.

Related Words

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