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A very brief history of eternity [electronic resource] / Carlos Eire.

By: Publication details: Princeton : Princeton University Press, c2010.Description: 1 online resource (xv, 268 p.) : illISBN:
  • 9781400831876 (electronic bk.)
  • 1400831873 (electronic bk.)
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Very brief history of eternity.DDC classification:
  • 236/.21 22
LOC classification:
  • BT913 .E74 2010eb
Online resources:
Contents:
Big bang, big sleep, big problem -- Eternity conceived -- Eternity overflowing -- Eternity reformed -- From eternity to five-year plans -- Not here, not now, not ever.
Summary: 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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Includes bibliographical references (p.[255]-258) and index.

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.

Big bang, big sleep, big problem -- Eternity conceived -- Eternity overflowing -- Eternity reformed -- From eternity to five-year plans -- Not here, not now, not ever.

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