By Modals, Semantic meanings

I see no grammatical form or semantic meaning in had have had, and googling (a mere 11,000 hits when I tried it) produces not one grammatically reputable webpage.I can envision I'd have had being misinterpreted as had have had by those who confuse had rather and would rather-- but those would...

Dear milky. Sorry for my slow reply. I promised you to make a rough sketch of P.Ricoeur's thesis a few days ago ... but I cannot ! It will be not fair to P.Ricoeur, if I use his thesis as invoking my argument: . I consider some of his thought as valid to refute your argument, though, at my...

Dear Milky The core meaning is not the etymology? Kind regards Goldmund

... thank you ! ... Then it must be "What is time?".

Are you sure he didn't ask "What is time"? "What is the time?" is correct English. I think "invoking" is the word you seek.

I've forgot to add: my quote was from Book XI. I think you're interested more in P. Ricoeur's thesis, milky. I need some time to extract from Ricoeur's philosophy something invocable. (in passing ... is this my English correct..?) I'm reminded of an anecdote: Oneday in London. Marshak (an...

Hello, milky. In response to your request, I add (i) some data from Augustine's Confession, (ii) rough sketch of P.Ricoeur's thesis. As to (ii) I need more time, so I quote here only (i). The following is a quite arbitrary extract from Augustine's...

!? ... it's not so easy, milky ... ! First of all these matters are very easily misunderstood. And second, I know almost nothing about your concept of time ( I got an impression that your point of view is similar to Augustine's, though ... ). I don't know what I can do. I will try, at least. ...

But there's available another position ... that is ... it's language, not our perception of time (or situations), which makes the concept of time meaningful. > Could you expand on that before I respond?

Hello milky, can I make a digression here? (It will be important for me, probably, to make my standpoint clearer.) The following passage is from Time and Narrative, vol.1, written by Paul Ricoeur: The Aporias of the Experience of Time -- Book II of Augustine's Confessions (..) Two prior...