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AUGUSTINE:
CONFESSIONS INDEX
BOOK
ELEVEN
CHAPTER
XXV
32. And I confess to thee, O Lord, that I am still ignorant
as to what time is. And again I confess to thee, O Lord,
that I know that I am speaking all these things in time,
and that I have already spoken of time a long time, and
that "very long" is not long except when measured by the
duration of time. How, then, do I know this, when I do not
know what time is? Or, is it possible that I do not know
how I can express what I do know? Alas for me! I do not
even know the extent of my own ignorance. Behold, O my God,
in thy presence I do not lie. As my heart is, so I speak.
Thou shalt light my candle; thou, O Lord my God, wilt enlighten
my darkness.[443]
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