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What does it mean?
The speaker attributes time's function to preventing chaos in nature.
In plain terms
Time stops everything from happening all at once.
What can you take from it?
Order depends on sequencing events over time.

Where it applies

  • philosophy
  • teaching
  • daily wonder

Putting it to work

  • philosophical writing
  • education
  • reflection

Questions to consider

  • What would happen if time stopped?
  • Why does order matter?

Another view

It oversimplifies the complex nature of time.

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