Worldly Time and Motion

This thread follows the account of how the for-itself's lived temporality appears as objective time in a world of things.

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The Order of Before and After

The Order of Before and After A Problem of Unity Time cannot be a mere series of isolated instants. Before and after require a relation that both separates and joins its terms. For-Itself The relation is intelligible only within a being that exists outside itself. Temporality belongs to the for-itself's structure.

Against External Synthesis

Against External Synthesis Failed Models An extra-temporal witness cannot unite isolated instants without already temporalizing them. Continuity alone also fails to explain succession. Conclusion Temporality must be an internal relation of being, not a container imposed from outside.

The Present Becomes Past

The Present Becomes Past Metamorphosis A present becomes past only in relation to a new present. The change affects the whole temporal structure, including former pasts and futures. Significance Temporal becoming is a global modification rather than a succession of ready-made moments.

Motion in the World

Motion in the World Exteriority to Self Motion is not merely an accident added to an unchanged body. The moving thing is at once at a place and already beyond it. Worldly Time Motion makes objective time perceptible by projecting temporal passage onto the in-itself.

Time as a Human Correlate

Time as a Human Correlate Objective Form Universal time appears as a series of indifferent moments, but its unity reflects the for-itself's temporal project. Distinction Lived temporality temporalizes itself; worldly time is made-to-be as the in-itself's external reflection of that structure.

Part Two, Chapter Two, Section II, opening

Part Two, Chapter Two, Section II, critique of theories

Part Two, Chapter Two, Section II, dynamic account

Part Two, Chapter Three, Section II, discussion of motion

Part Two, Chapter Three, Section IV