When I returned to campus after a quick Christmas break, I was pleasantly surprised to find waiting for me in my office mailbox a copy of The Unique, The Singular, and The Individual (Mohr Siebeck, 2022). This volume represents the fruits of a Philosophy of Religion conference held by Ingolf Dalferth (et al.) at Claremont Graduate University several years ago. My chapter represents an attempt to connect my own interpretation of Augustine’s philosophy of time (viz., as a critique of the present moment) to a broader circuit of arguments about instantaneity, individuation, and atomism across various schools of ancient philosophy.
