Temporal

  Finally, time plays an important role in activity. As a result, there is a functional need to represent the temporal domain. Seconds and minutes are examples of temporal objects, while an activity such as getting closer to March (an example popularized in metaphor research, such as that of [#!metaphor:lakoff-johnson-1980!#]) is a temporal action, as is getting near the twenty-third in the opening of Zoo. Temporal agents are as difficult to find as emotional ones were, but they do exist--a good example is that of viewing entropy as a volitional agent.