The Weirdness of Being in Time: Aristotle, Hegel, and Plants

Michael Marder

doi:10.5325/philrhet.54.4.0333

Philosophy & Rhetoric Dec 2021

The Weirdness of Being in Time: Aristotle, Hegel, and Plants

Michael Marder University of the Basque Country

Abstract

ABSTRACT In this short text, I analyze various senses of being in time. My claim is that time forms a weird interiority through an embrace of whatever is “in” it. I, then, flesh out this claim through a close reading of Book IV in Aristotle's Physics, while grafting each “measure of movement,” through which the Greek philosopher defines time, onto the movements of plants. The result is a twisting and turning, ramified, wayward temporality that holds every sense of being in time in a vegetal embrace.

Journal: Philosophy & Rhetoric
Published: 2021-12-01
DOI: 10.5325/philrhet.54.4.0333
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Topics: classical rhetoric
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