Time-Measurement in its Bearing on Philosophy
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Proceedings of the Aristotelian Society
سال: 1893
ISSN: 0066-7374,1467-9264
DOI: 10.1093/ulr/os-2.2.77