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The Deification of Time

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The thesis of this paper is that religion has stemmed from man’s consciousness of Time, and that his reaction to Time has found a variety of expression, including the deification of Time.1

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Brandon, S.G.F. (1972). The Deification of Time. In: Fraser, J.T., Haber, F.C., Müller, G.H. (eds) The Study of Time. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-65387-2_27

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