Geometric interpretation of time

This study is divided into three main parts. The first part of the study examines how the concept of time is handled in Ancient philosophies, at the second part, is handled in İslamic philosophers, and the third part of the study focuses on the studies on time during the 17th century and geometrical meaning of time. At the last part of the study, in the following centuries reality and unreality of time are examined and in addition to this background, the final part of the study aims to interpretation in this concept of time. The discussions related to time such as the existence or non-existence of it, its linearity or circularity or its existence in mind or its outside of mind etc. are not offered certain paradigms as most of the philosophers do but rather they are tackled critically. This is because, ironically, the objectivity of time is not less complex than its subjectivity in terms of relativity. This study, therefore, holds that time cannot be understood with certain paradigms. Moreover, the thought experiments of popular science. For example Hawking's letter which invites the people in universe to a journey in time etc. have been intentionally excluded from this study because they are not accepted to be theoretical and contextual enough within the context of the study. This study basically examines the concept of time through the philosophies of Plato, Heraclitus, Parmenides, Melissus, Zeno, Phytagoras and Phytagorians, El Kindi, İbni Sina, Ebu'l Berekat, El Bagdadi, Ibn-ül Arabi, Immanuel Kant, Henri Bergson, Edmund Husserl, McTaggart and Micheal Dummett. Key Words: time, moment, geometrical time