Sublating the conceptions of the future in St. Augustine and the later Moist canon

Rošker, Jana S. (author)

I will first describe the core principles that underpin the traditional Chinese perspective on temporality and future, focusing particularly on the Later Moist view. Then I will introduce the concept of time as developed by St. Augustine, whose work is central to Western philosophy because of its introspective examination of time as an inner, psychological experience, distinct from the more empirical approaches of his predecessors. This foundation in Augustine’s thought provides a critical contrast to the Moist view and enriches our exploration of the subjective and objective dimensions of time. Through a comparative analysis of these two perspectives and the application of the method of transcultural comparative sublation, I aim to illuminate how different approaches to understanding future can shape human perceptions of realities.

• Language: English
• Keywords: time, future, reality, St. Augustine, Mozi, sublation, Asian Philosophy, Philosophy, Chinese Philosophy, Asian studies, China
• Work type: Article
• Typology: 1.01 - Original Scientific Article
• Organization: FF - Faculty of Arts
• Publication status: Published
• Publication version: Author Accepted Manuscript
• Year: 2024
• Number of pages: Str. 242–256
• Numbering: Vol. 51, iss. 4
• PID: 20.500.12556/RUL-169545
• UDC: 1
• ISSN on article: 0301-8121
• DOI: 10.1163/15406253-12340147
• COBISS.SI-ID: 237897731
• Publication date in RUL: 03.06.2025

Record is a part of a journal

• Title: Journal of Chinese philosophy
• Shortened title: J. Chin. philos.
• Publisher: Brill
• ISSN: 0301-8121
• COBISS.SI-ID: 1563925

Secondary language

• Language: Slovenian
• Keywords: primerjalna filozofija, kitajska filozofija, transkulturna filozofija, Avguštin, moisti, čas, prihodnost, metodologija, sublacija