St. Augustine

St. Augustine was a Christian philosopher who explored complex ideas about time and the afterlife. He argued that time is not just a sequence of events but is shaped by our perception; the past exists only in memory, the future in expectation, and the present is fleeting. For Augustine, true existence is in God, who exists outside of time. Regarding the afterlife, he emphasized the soul’s eternal nature, suggesting that our choices in life impact our ultimate fate—either in unity with God or separation from Him. His thoughts influenced Christian theology and our understanding of existence.