The Wisdom of Time

Time is something that comes into prominence within the wisdom trature. The passing of times, the movement from day to night or from winter to spring are integral to the song's portrayal of love. Enri bergson challenges this way of thinking about time by presenting music as a counter example. When listening to a musical piece, each moment is interpenetrated by retentions of the preceding notes and movements of the piece - even though we might think them absent from the present moment. What we think of as present is inescapably constituted by the traces of the past the future that are shot through it.