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ONE cannot do justice in a few sentences to this excellent commentary of McTaggart's philosophy. Not only is McTaggart himself a great philosophical mind, but Dr. Broad, his commentator, compels the attention of his readers whenever he writes about philosophy. McTaggart's “Nature of Existence” is a difficult book to study. But its reading will perhaps become easier after perusal of the present commentary. With a wealth of detail and a great ingenuity of thought, Dr. Broad shows us how McTaggart's analysis of existence and reality led him to the formulation of the principle of determining correspondence, and what masterly use he made of this principle in the explanation of metaphysical values.
Examination of McTaggart's Philosophy.
Vol. 1. By Dr. C. D. Broad. Pp. Ivi + 460. (Cambridge: At the University Press, 1933.) 21s. net.
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G., T. Examination of McTaggart's Philosophy . Nature 133, 123 (1934). https://doi.org/10.1038/133123e0
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