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John McTaggart Quotes on Truth

John McTaggart Ellis McTaggart was a British metaphysician and the leading defender of absolute idealism in early-twentieth-century Cambridge philosophy. This page collects quotes attributed to John McTaggart on the topic of truth, drawn from across the philosopher's works.

Quotes

  • Attributed to John McTaggart:

    “Time is unreal.”

  • Attributed to John McTaggart:

    “The A-series and the B-series of temporal predicates cannot both be ultimate.”

  • Attributed to John McTaggart:

    “Reality is a society of selves bound together by love.”

  • Attributed to John McTaggart:

    “Philosophy must distinguish appearance from reality.”

  • Attributed to John McTaggart:

    “Selfhood is the most fundamental feature of reality.”