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The instant is not in time -- time is in the instant.

John Barbour

The instant is not in time -- time is in the instant.

Tags: chronology, memory

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I am not convinced within myself that to its core and as a whole, humanity has, as some like to assume, progressed a great deal over the millennia. Human technology? Of course. Human beings? Hardly.

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About John Barbour

John Barbour may refer to:

John Barbour (poet) (1316–1395), Scottish poet
John Barbour (MP for New Shoreham), MP for New Shoreham 1368–1382
John Barbour (footballer) (1890–1916), Scottish footballer
John S. Barbour (1790–1855), U.S. congressman from Virginia
John S. Barbour Jr. (1820–1892), his son, also a politician from Virginia
John Strode Barbour (1866–1952), American newspaper editor, lawyer, mayor, and statesman
John Barbour (actor) (born 1933), Canadian-born broadcaster and television personality in the United States
Sir Milne Barbour (John Milne Barbour, 1868–1951), Northern Irish politician
John Barbour, founder of Barbour (company), a British manufacturer of outerwear
John Baxter Barbour Jr. (1862–1929), president of Pittsburgh Stock Exchange
John Dougherty Barbour (1824–1901), Irish industrialist and politician
John C. Barbour (1895–1962), American politician in New Jersey