THE METAPHYSICS OF TIME

Of the three states of time: becoming, duration and chronometry, only becoming is physical. Becoming is the continuous and irreversible succession of changes that go from the past to the future through the present. The becoming is perceptible.

Here the word metaphysics is taken in its literal meaning: beyond physics, not in its philosophical sense: the study of being.

For this reason duration (subperceptible) and chronometry (intelligible) are metaphysical. Duration is the interval between two sequential moments.

Due to its nature, time is magnitive. Magnitive and metaphysics of time are synonymous terms.

Physics can explain becoming: changes and movement, but it cannot explain duration or chronometry. The Metaphysics of time explains its three states.

Clock and Calendar are metaphysical tools because in them we do not perceive the duration but only obtain a measure of it.

In general, Philochrony is the metaphysics of time.

Elvis Sibilia, Florida, USA

THE TRIPARTITE PRINCIPLE OF THOUGHT

The tripartite principle of thought or TPT consists in looking for the three elements, forms or states in which beings and objects are composed.

From the post #364 I bring the following examples of the TPT:

1- In Philochrony the three states of time: becoming, duration and chronometry.

2- The three states of matter: solid, liquid and gaseous, in Natural Sciences.

3- God with his three persons, Father, Son and Holy Spirit, in Religion.

4- In Psychology, with the conscious, the subconscious and the unconscious, as states of mind.

5- In Politics, the State presents three powers: Executive, legislative and judicial.

6- In Philosophy knowledge has three forms: concept, judgment and reasoning.

Other new examples are:

7- The space is composed of three dimensions: horizontal, vertical and transverse.

8- In Physics, sound is composed of three qualities: tone, intensity and timbre.

9- By the way, three are the hands of a clock: hour hand, minute hand and second hand.

10- The past, present and future are the three stages of time.

Elvis Sibilia, Florida, USA