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What is time? This is one of the most fundamental questions we can ask. Emily Thomas explores how a new theory of time emerged in the seventeenth century. The 'absolute' theory of time held that it is independent of material bodies or human minds, so even if nothing else existed (with the...

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Main Author: Thomas, Emily, 1985- (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford, United Kingdom : Oxford University Press, 2018.
Subjects:
Time > Philosophy > History.
Time > Philosophy > History > 17th century.
Time > Philosophy > History > 18th century.
Metaphysics > History > 17th century.
Metaphysics > History > 18th century.
Philosophy > Great Britain > History > 17th century.
Philosophy > Great Britain > History > 18th century.
Great Britain > Intellectual life > 17th century.
Great Britain > Intellectual life > 18th century.
Temps > Philosophie > Histoire.
Temps > Philosophie > Histoire > 17e siècle.
Temps > Philosophie > Histoire > 18e siècle.
Métaphysique > Histoire > 17e siècle.
Métaphysique > Histoire > 18e siècle.
Philosophie > Grande-Bretagne > Histoire > 17e siècle.
Philosophie > Grande-Bretagne > Histoire > 18e siècle.
Grande-Bretagne > Vie intellectuelle > 17e siècle.
Grande-Bretagne > Vie intellectuelle > 18e siècle.
PHILOSOPHY > Metaphysics.
Philosophy
Metaphysics
Intellectual life
Time
Time > Philosophy
Great Britain
1600-1799
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