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Boethius

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God is outside of time and sees all events in an eternal present.
All of what we call is ‘now’ to God. He cannot be subject to time

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Aquinas

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’ he who. goes along the road does not see those who come after him; whereas he who sees the whole road from a height sees at once all those travelling on it’

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Anselm

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four dimensionalism, God is neither spatial nor temporal. God is eternity and so encompasses all of time. Description of time depends on your perspective

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kenny

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notes that the idea of time being equally present to Go is incoherent (the great fire of Rome is happening now; while I type these words, Nero fiddle heartlessly on)

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everlasting

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Swinburne