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12C – Thief of Time, Part 3: About Time

Jul 02, 20231 hr 31 min
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The long-awaited final episode on Thief of Time (2001), discussing Aristotle's conception(s) of humanity, religious and scientific conceptions of time, identity theory, the history of time-keeping, notions of historical and technological progress, their implications for science fiction and utopian literature, human sense-making, the "End of History", 9/11, The Book of Revelation, Susan’s character development and existential despair.

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