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    Unreality of Time
    Unreality of Time
    Unreality of Time
    Audiobook50 minutes

    Unreality of Time

    Written by John McTaggart

    Narrated by LibriVox Community

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    John McTaggart was a British metaphysician and philosophical idealist. In this famous article for the periodical Mind, he introduced the notion of the A, B and C series, which was to become a leading theory in explaining the nature of time.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherLibriVox
    Release dateAug 25, 2014
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