Man & Time
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Condition remarks:
Book: Very good
Jacket: Very good
Pages: Good
What does it mean to exist within time — to remember the past, inhabit the present, and anticipate the future? In Man & Time, the celebrated English writer J. B. Priestley presents a sweeping and erudite investigation into humanity's relationship with time, examining it through the lenses of science, philosophy, mysticism, and personal experience. The work chronicles centuries of human thought on the subject, from ancient cosmologies and the invention of the calendar to the theories of Einstein and Jung, weaving together a rich tapestry of ideas that challenges the reader's most fundamental assumptions about reality. Priestley writes with the verve and accessibility of a seasoned essayist, balancing rigorous intellectual inquiry with vivid personal anecdote and literary flair. He argues that conventional, linear clock-time is merely one fragment of a far more complex phenomenon, and he uncovers the ways in which dreams, precognition, and altered states of consciousness point toward dimensions of time that science has yet to fully reckon with. Richly illustrated and intellectually adventurous, Man & Time remains a landmark of popular philosophical writing — a work that leaves the reader profoundly unsettled about just how well they truly understand the hours of their own life.
Author: J. B. Priestley
Format: Hardback
Published: 1989
Genre: Philosophy
Condition remarks:
Book: Very good
Jacket: Very good
Pages: Good
What does it mean to exist within time — to remember the past, inhabit the present, and anticipate the future? In Man & Time, the celebrated English writer J. B. Priestley presents a sweeping and erudite investigation into humanity's relationship with time, examining it through the lenses of science, philosophy, mysticism, and personal experience. The work chronicles centuries of human thought on the subject, from ancient cosmologies and the invention of the calendar to the theories of Einstein and Jung, weaving together a rich tapestry of ideas that challenges the reader's most fundamental assumptions about reality. Priestley writes with the verve and accessibility of a seasoned essayist, balancing rigorous intellectual inquiry with vivid personal anecdote and literary flair. He argues that conventional, linear clock-time is merely one fragment of a far more complex phenomenon, and he uncovers the ways in which dreams, precognition, and altered states of consciousness point toward dimensions of time that science has yet to fully reckon with. Richly illustrated and intellectually adventurous, Man & Time remains a landmark of popular philosophical writing — a work that leaves the reader profoundly unsettled about just how well they truly understand the hours of their own life.