was pictured positively. It was portrayed by symbols of speed, power, balance, and fertility. In our world, time is pictured as an aged man, accompanied by a scythe, representing death, and an hourglass. In other words, time is pictured negatively. Panofsky terms our view “Time the Destroyer” and traces it to our failure to find any genuine meaning either in world history or in our own personal histories.1 Our view is that of the carnival barker’s cry as the revolving wheel of fortune turns: “Round
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