Time is both. An arrow and a circle. From the perspective of the present, time is an arrow moving forward. From a birds-eye view, time is a circle going around and around. From a holistic perspective, time is a spiral progressing ever forward in the same circular pattern but never retreading its path.
FaustTheBird t1_j0men4q wrote
Reply to Time is a Wheel, Time is an Arrow: on linear and cyclic conceptions of time by owlthatissuperb
Time is both. An arrow and a circle. From the perspective of the present, time is an arrow moving forward. From a birds-eye view, time is a circle going around and around. From a holistic perspective, time is a spiral progressing ever forward in the same circular pattern but never retreading its path.