TY  - BOOK
AU  - Eire,Carlos M.N.
TI  - A very brief history of eternity
SN  - 9781400831876 (electronic bk.)
AV  - BT913 .E74 2010eb
U1  - 236/.21 22
PY  - 2010///
CY  - Princeton
PB  - Princeton University Press
KW  - Eternity
KW  - History of doctrines
KW  - Civilization, Western
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Description based on print version record; Includes bibliographical references (p.[255]-258) and index; Big bang, big sleep, big problem -- Eternity conceived -- Eternity overflowing -- Eternity reformed -- From eternity to five-year plans -- Not here, not now, not ever
N2  - Eire traces the concept of eternity from ancient times to the present. He examines the rise and fall of five different conceptions of eternity, how they developed, and how they have helped shape individual and collective self-understanding
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