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# J. M. E. McTaggart

(1866–1925)   Philosopher

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J. M. E. McTaggart was a philosopher.

## Quick Facts About J. M. E. McTaggart

Born September 3, 1866

Died January 18, 1925

Profession Philosopher

## About J. M. E. McTaggart

British philosopher (1866-1925)... \| John McTaggart Ellis McTaggart was an English idealist metaphysician. For most of his life McTaggart was a fellow and lecturer in philosophy at Trinity College, Cambridge. He was an exponent of the philosophy of Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel and among the most notable of the British idealists. McTag

##  Quotes by J. M. E. McTaggart

> […religion may be best be described as an emotion resting on a conviction of a harmony between ourselves and the universe at…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-m-e-mctaggart/religion-may-be-best-be-described-as-an-emotion-resting-on-a/)

J. M. E. McTaggart

[Conviction](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/conviction/)

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> [There are so many things that are incompatible with a single life. No one can learn fully in one life the lessons…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-m-e-mctaggart/there-are-so-many-things-that-are-incompatible-with-a-single-life-no/)

J. M. E. McTaggart

[Action](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/action/)

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> [Surely death acquires a new and deeper significance when we regard it no longer as a single and unexplained break in an…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-m-e-mctaggart/surely-death-acquires-a-new-and-deeper-significance-when-we-regard-it/)

J. M. E. McTaggart

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