Motion=Time

 When I think of beginnings and endings the word infinite comes into play. And,  I don't have the capacity in my mind to understand this.  Aristotle, I think explains the concept of time in a poetic way. For him, time is the measurement of motion. In Aristotle's Metaphysics he writes, "And so motion, too, is continuous in the same manner as time is; for either motion and time are the same, or time is an attribute of motion"(1071b 10).  Aristotle loves to ask questions and then answer them. In his book on Physics he asks if there was a beginning to motion. Of course he answers this with, "it always existed and it will always exist, being (a)everlasting and (b) without the possibility of ceasing in what exists" (250b 1).


For some reason when I connect time with motion, I reflect upon astronomy and how early civilizations watched the movement of the sun, moon and stars. Hieroglyphics show us what these societies were thinking  and these drawings could possibly be the first efforts of communication or language.   

The question, is there a beginning of time, seems to be asked by all occupants of earth