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J. M. E. McTaggart

1866 - 1925

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John McTaggart Ellis McTaggart (3 September 1866 – 18 January 1925) 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. McTaggart is known for "The Unreality of Time" (1908), in which he argues that time is unreal. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. J. M. E. McTaggart is the 922nd most popular philosopher (up from 984th in 2019), the 2,592nd most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 2,529th in 2019) and the 62nd most popular British Philosopher.

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Among philosophers, J. M. E. McTaggart ranks 922 out of 1,267. Before him are Abu Sulayman Sijistani, Sengzhao, Heinrich Khunrath, Ramiro Ledesma Ramos, Abu al-Hassan al-Amiri, and Martin Lings. After him are Nikolay Lossky, Sopater of Apamea, Antipater of Tarsus, Hermogenes of Tarsus, Bahya ibn Paquda, and Ajita Kesakambali.

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Among people born in 1866, J. M. E. McTaggart ranks 78. Before him are Carlos Schwabe, Infante Antonio, Duke of Galliera, Ernest William Brown, Alexey Troitsky, Julian Marchlewski, and Erik Ivar Fredholm. After him are Mario García Menocal, George Minne, Paul Lincke, Ignacy Daszyński, Gustav Adolf von Götzen, and Andrey Lyapchev. Among people deceased in 1925, J. M. E. McTaggart ranks 88. Before him are André Caplet, Ephraim Moses Lilien, Georg August Schweinfurth, Princess Eugenia Maximilianovna of Leuchtenberg, Julian Marchlewski, and Princess Therese of Bavaria. After him are Amy Lowell, Alexander Miasnikian, Antonio Ascari, Konrad Mägi, Alfred Milner, 1st Viscount Milner, and Leo Fall.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, J. M. E. McTaggart ranks 2,593 out of 8,785. Before him are Blaze Bayley (1963), Chris Squire (1948), Bear Grylls (1974), William Langland (1332), Martin Lings (1909), and G. M. B. Dobson (1889). After him are Hamnet Shakespeare (1585), Alfred Tysoe (1874), Mary Ure (1933), Henry Percy (1364), A. H. M. Jones (1904), and William Curtis (1746).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In United Kingdom

Among philosophers born in United Kingdom, J. M. E. McTaggart ranks 62. Before him are Bernard Williams (1929), John Major (1467), Charles Kay Ogden (1889), Frederick Copleston (1907), Raymond Williams (1921), and Martin Lings (1909). After him are Perry Anderson (1938), Mary Warnock, Baroness Warnock (1924), Thomas Arnold (1795), Richard Swinburne (1934), Anna Kingsford (1846), and Samuel Clarke (1675).

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