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The Social Meaning of Time

Hans Meyerhoff

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Chapters in this book

Frontmatter I
PREFACE VII
CONTENTS XIII
Chapter One. EXPERIENCE AND NATURE
Chapter Two. ASPECTS OF TIME IN LITERATURE
Subjective Relativity 12
Of Time and the River 14
Order and Association 18
Of Time and the Self 26
Eternity 54
Direction and Death 64
Chapter Three. TIME AND THE MODERN WORLD
Of Time and History 86
The Social Meaning of Time 106
Chapter Four. LITERATURE, SCIENCE, AND PHILOSOPHY
Of Truth In Literature 121
Literary Philosophy 136
NOTES 149
INDEX 159

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Chapters in this book

Frontmatter I
PREFACE VII
CONTENTS XIII
Chapter One. EXPERIENCE AND NATURE
Chapter Two. ASPECTS OF TIME IN LITERATURE
Subjective Relativity 12
Of Time and the River 14
Order and Association 18
Of Time and the Self 26
Eternity 54
Direction and Death 64
Chapter Three. TIME AND THE MODERN WORLD
Of Time and History 86
The Social Meaning of Time 106
Chapter Four. LITERATURE, SCIENCE, AND PHILOSOPHY
Of Truth In Literature 121
Literary Philosophy 136
NOTES 149
INDEX 159

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