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1912–2000 England

Gerald James Whitrow (9 June 1912 – 2 June 2000) or G. J.

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Frequently nowadays the use of highly sophisticated computers involves the 'selling' of time on them. In the Middle Ages this practice would have been severely frowned upon by the Church, for one of its main objections to the practice of usury was that it contravened natural law by 'selling time', and in its view time necessarily belongs to all creatures.

Time in History: Views of Time from Prehistory to the Present Day (1988)

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