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Originally Posted by boxcar
However, it does not follow logically that Today causes Tomorrow! For who can say with certainty that there will be a Tomorrow after Today? It is not necessary that Tomorrow follow Today; for it isn't necessary in the first place for there to be a Tomorrow. However, if there be any Yesterdays, it is logically necessary that they follow our Todays. Today has the potential to be become Yesterday just as Tomorrow has the potential to become Today. But by the same token, it is not necessary either that there be a Tomorrow; for Today could be the end.  |
"For who can say with certainty that there will be a Tomorrow"?
That's why it's a potential in need of being actualized. Do potentials precede that which actualizes them? Then the world would be nothing but potentials, i.e., possessing no change.
"Today has the potential to be become Yesterday".
What is mistaken metaphysically in stating that the forward flow of time actualized today's potential for becoming yesterday?
