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the fact that they are necessary for the continuance of all other substances, including souls and atoms of matter which are ultimate units, and cannot be imagined as carrying a pin each to revolve upon. Time must, therefore, be conceived as a separate substance which assists other substances and things in their movements of continuity.
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Those who do not regard Time as a separate substance should bear in mind that a real difference is implied between pure existence and continuity of being, and that, though things revolve round only on account of their internal impetus, they stand in need of some kind of a post to assist them in their temporal' gyrations. Moreover, since both the souls and particles of matter are indivisible units whose 'temporal' process, or enduring, is maintained by their turning round, in a
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*The question, on what does Time itself revolve?' does not arise, for its particles revolve on themselves. If Time were to depend on another substance for its continuance, and that substance on another, and so forth, the series would be interminable, and we would ultimately have to acknowledge that among the substances in existence there must be a particular one which revolves on itself and also assists in the revolution of others. Suppose we posit t1, ta, tz.........T as the series of substances of which t, is the cause of the revolution of the particles of matter and the other known substances, t2 of t1, and so forth. Then, in the light of the above observations, T is a substance the particles of which exist in the form of whirling posts and depend on themselves for their own revolution. Now, since T furnishes us with whirling posts, and is also endowed with self-continuity, the rest of the series, t, t2, iz, etc., has absolutely no purpose to serve in existence. Hence, T alone is to be recognised; and since it is endowed with all the qualities necessary in the substance of Time, it follows that it is Time itself,
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