Abstract
THIS little book has been written by Mr. Wells to supersede “First and Last Things”, which was his attempt in 1908 “to get my ideas about the world and myself into some sort of order”. The new volume is stated on the cover to be the author's presentation of “the final fruits of his philosophic thought”, and he himself presents it as “a fairly lucid and consistent summary of modern ideas concerning the fundamentals and ultimates of existence”. The change of title is at least appropriate, for one who has conquered time becomes as God, with whom there is no last or first, and the brevity of the book is as commendable as it is rare in a treatment of so large a theme.
The Conquest of Time
By H. G. Wells. (The Thinker's Library, No. 92.) Pp. x + 86. (London: Watts and Co., Ltd., 1942.) 2s. net.
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DINGLE, H. The Conquest of Time. Nature 150, 444–446 (1942). https://doi.org/10.1038/150444a0
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