déclinaison chronologique

English translation: time-dependent nature

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French term or phrase:	déclinaison chronologique
English translation:	time-dependent nature
Entered by:	tatyana000

08:43 Nov 4, 2014

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Social Sciences - Philosophy

French term or phrase: déclinaison chronologique

From a text on divine knowledge in medieval Muslim philosophy:

Alors, c’est ce point, je crois, qu’il faut absolument faire ressortir dans l’argumentation de Al-Ghazali,
à savoir, l’idée, d’abord, qu’on doit découpler en Dieu, d’un côté, sa connaissance absolue de la chose, sa connaissance, disons, éternelle d’une chose, et de l’autre, la ***déclinaison chronologique*** de cette connaissance, l’adéquation de cette connaissance dans le temps, compte tenu du temps, c’est-à-dire la connaissance de la chose comme future, comme présente, comme passée, puis l’idée, que cette ***déclinaison chronologique*** de la connaissance divine du particulier, son application à la chose dans sa temporalité, ne constitue rien, pour la science de Dieu, pour la connaissance éternelle de Dieu, et donc pour l’essence de Dieu même, qu’une série de relations pures laissant intact le sujet connaissant.

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time-dependent nature of this knowledge

Explanation:
or "temporally-determined nature of such knowledge"

French usage of "chronologique" is often that of E "time-related", not strictly "chronological order".

"Temporalité" is used in the paragraph to underscore this point.

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Francis Marche
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time-dependent nature of this knowledge

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chronological dimension

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time-dependent nature of this knowledge

Francis Marche
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chronological dimension

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I reckon this is what I'd use, given the context of the paragraph...

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Note added at 5 hrs (2014-11-04 13:54:21 GMT)
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In answer to the point about chronological: I see it in its broader sense, rather than the common "chronological order", as in this definition:
"Calculated in terms of the passage of time"
http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/chronol...
But maybe Francis' "temporal" would be better: "temporal dimension".

Philippa Smith
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