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'''Duration''' is the term used by [[Helena Petrovna Blavatsky]] for what we could call "atemporality". This is one of the aspects of the [[Absolute]].<ref></ref> | '''Duration''' is the term used by [[Helena Petrovna Blavatsky]] for what we could call "atemporality". This is one of the aspects of the [[Absolute]].<ref>Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, ''The Secret Doctrine'' vol. I, (Wheaton, IL: Theosophical Publishing House, 1993), 43.</ref> | ||
Mme. Blavatsky was asked about the difference between duration and time: | Mme. Blavatsky was asked about the difference between duration and time: | ||
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A. Time can be divided; Duration—in our philosophy, at least—cannot. Time is divisible in Duration—or, as you put it, the one is something within Time and Space, whereas the other is outside of both.<ref>Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, ''Collected Writings'' vol. X (Wheaton, IL: Theosophical Publishing House, 1988), 310.</ref></blockquote> | A. Time can be divided; Duration—in our philosophy, at least—cannot. Time is divisible in Duration—or, as you put it, the one is something within Time and Space, whereas the other is outside of both.<ref>Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, ''Collected Writings'' vol. X (Wheaton, IL: Theosophical Publishing House, 1988), 310.</ref></blockquote> | ||
It is important to notice that duration is not an infinite extension of time | It is important to notice that duration is not an infinite extension of time (called sempiternity), but it is altogether beyond time. | ||
== Notes == | == Notes == | ||
Revision as of 14:14, 24 July 2012
Duration is the term used by Helena Petrovna Blavatsky for what we could call "atemporality". This is one of the aspects of the Absolute.[1]
Mme. Blavatsky was asked about the difference between duration and time:
Q. What is the difference between Time and Duration?
A. Duration is; it has neither beginning nor end. How can you call that which has neither beginning nor end, Time? Duration is beginningless and endless; Time is finite.
Q. Is, then, Duration the infinite, and Time the finite conception?
A. Time can be divided; Duration—in our philosophy, at least—cannot. Time is divisible in Duration—or, as you put it, the one is something within Time and Space, whereas the other is outside of both.[2]
It is important to notice that duration is not an infinite extension of time (called sempiternity), but it is altogether beyond time.