If both what is before and what is after are in this same “now,” things which happened ten thousand years ago would be simultaneous with what has happened today, and nothing would be before or after anything else.
—Aristotle, c. 330 BC
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Do not lessen the time of following desire, for the wasting of time is an abomination to the spirit.
—Ptahhotep, c. 2350 BCThis is Year Zero.
—Pol Pot, 1975I look for the end of the future, but it never ceases to arrive.
—Zhuangzi, c. 325 BCFor everything there is a season, and a time for every matter under heaven.
—Book of Ecclesiastes, c. 250 BC