Of Time, Passion, and Knowledge
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Book Overview
"Only a wayfarer born under unruly stars would attempt to put into practice in our epoch of proliferating knowledge the Heraclitean dictum that men who love wisdom must be inquirers into very many things indeed.'" Thus begins this remarkable interdisciplinary study of time by a master of the subject. And while developing a theory of "time as conflict," J. T. Fraser does offer "many things indeed"--an enormous range of ideas about matter, life,...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0691024375
ISBN13:9780691024370
Release Date:March 1990
Publisher:Princeton University Press
Length:552 Pages
Weight:1.75 lbs.
Dimensions:1.2" x 6.1" x 9.2"
Customer Reviews
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Strong overview of the complexity of the time concept.
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 25 years ago
A most thorough and engaging book which researches and elucidates a huge number of facets of the difficult (and somewhat neglected) topic of time. The book is mainly a survey of concepts and less the presentation of an argument.
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