Whether if soul did not exist time would exist or not, is a question that may fairly be asked; for if there cannot be someone to count there cannot be anything that can be counted, so that evidently there cannot be number; for number is either what has been, or what can be, counted.

Summary

This quote poses a philosophical question about the relationship between the existence of the soul and the concept of time. It suggests that the existence of time may depend on the existence of a conscious being capable of counting or measuring it. If there is no soul to perceive time and count its passing, then it questions whether time itself would have any meaning, as there would be no entity to quantify it. Additionally, it implies that the concept of numbers would cease to exist without the ability to count.

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