''I think this is a splendid book. It is unusual, extraordinarily rich and sometimes, indeed, moving. It deserves a wide audience. Certainly it is not just a book for those with a specialist interest in the philosophy of time'. A. W. Moore, The Times Literary Supplement

• Preface; Acknowledgements; Part I. Time and Tense: 1. Introduction; 2. Under the aspect of eternity; 3. The view from here; 4. Memory, emotions and the past; 5. The role of tense; 6. Tense and ontology; 7. The passage of time; Part II. Past, Present and Future: 8. The present; 9. The reality of the future; 10. Testimony, history and the real past; Part III. Time and Eternity: 11. Time and eternity in Spinoza and Weil; Bibliography; Index.

''I think this is a splendid book. It is unusual, extraordinarily rich and sometimes, indeed, moving. It deserves a wide audience. Certainly it is not just a book for those with a specialist interest in the philosophy of time'. A. W. Moore, The Times Literary Supplement

• Preface; Acknowledgements; Part I. Time and Tense: 1. Introduction; 2. Under the aspect of eternity; 3. The view from here; 4. Memory, emotions and the past; 5. The role of tense; 6. Tense and ontology; 7. The passage of time; Part II. Past, Present and Future: 8. The present; 9. The reality of the future; 10. Testimony, history and the real past; Part III. Time and Eternity: 11. Time and eternity in Spinoza and Weil; Bibliography; Index.

''I think this is a splendid book. It is unusual, extraordinarily rich and sometimes, indeed, moving. It deserves a wide audience. Certainly it is not just a book for those with a specialist interest in the philosophy of time'. A. W. Moore, The Times Literary Supplement

• Preface; Acknowledgements; Part I. Time and Tense: 1. Introduction; 2. Under the aspect of eternity; 3. The view from here; 4. Memory, emotions and the past; 5. The role of tense; 6. Tense and ontology; 7. The passage of time; Part II. Past, Present and Future: 8. The present; 9. The reality of the future; 10. Testimony, history and the real past; Part III. Time and Eternity: 11. Time and eternity in Spinoza and Weil; Bibliography; Index.