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A Point of View - The recurrent dream of an end-time - BBC Sounds

A Point of View - The recurrent dream of an end-time - BBC Sounds

A Point of View

The recurrent dream of an end-timeThe recurrent dream of an end-time

Released On: 20 Dec 2019

Available for over a year

John Gray ponders why the belief that an end to history is imminent, never goes away.

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