Context: In Book 11 of his Confessions, St. Augustine of Hippo ruminates on the nature of time, asking, "What then is time? If no one asks me, I know: if I wish to explain it to one that asketh, I know not." He begins to define time by what it is not rather than what it is, an approach similar to that taken in other negative definitions. However, Augustine ends up calling time a “distention” of the mind (Confessions 11.26) by which we simultaneously grasp the past in memory, the present by attention, and the future by expectation.

Question: Who commented on the nature of time in Book 11 of his confessions?
Answer: St. Augustine of Hippo

Question: By what does St. Augustine of Hippo begin to define time?
Answer: by what it is not rather than what it is

Question: What does Augustine call time in Confessions 11.26?
Answer: a “distention” of the mind

Question: How is memory defined as?
Answer: Unanswerable

Question: How does St. Augustine define memory?
Answer: Unanswerable

Question: In what book does St. Augustine reflect on how memory works?
Answer: Unanswerable

Question: What does St. Augustine say when someone asks him about memory?
Answer: Unanswerable

Question: Where is a similar approach of defining memory also taken?
Answer: Unanswerable

Question: Who commented on the nature of time in Book 26 of his confessions?
Answer: Unanswerable

Question: By what does St. Augustine of Hippo begin to define memory?
Answer: Unanswerable

Question: What Does Augustine call memory in Confessions 11.26?
Answer: Unanswerable

Question: Who calls memory a distention of the mind?
Answer: Unanswerable

Question: Who ruminates on the nature of approaches?
Answer: Unanswerable