A second major Augustinian element in modern consciousness, clearly connected with this concentration on the historical self, is the confidence that time is real, linear (its moments unrepeatable), and going somewhere; i.e., it is potentially and even increasingly filled with meaningful content. (religion-online.org)
And that, most certainly, is what Rabbi Louis Jacobs, whom I have quoted, seeks to convey in discussing the implications of modern consciousness for an understanding of the halakhah. (firstthings.com)
Jacobs» brooding ruminations on modern consciousness and the halakhah appear in a Judaism magazine symposium (Winter 1980) devoted to a discussion of Robert Gordis» essay, «A Dynamic Halakhah: Principles and Procedures of Jewish Law.» (firstthings.com)