A Very Brief History of Eternity / / Carlos Eire.
What is eternity? Is it anything other than a purely abstract concept, totally unrelated to our lives? A mere hope? A frightfully uncertain horizon? Or is it a certainty, shared by priest and scientist alike, and an essential element in all human relations? In A Very Brief History of Eternity, Carlo...
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Place / Publishing House: | Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2009] ©2009 |
Year of Publication: | 2009 |
Edition: | Course Book |
Language: | English |
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource :; 16 halftones. 2 line illus. 2 tables. |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Illustrations
- Acknowledgments
- I. Big Bang, Big Sleep, Big Problem
- II. Eternity Conceived
- III. Eternity Overflowing
- IV. Eternity Reformed
- V. From Eternity to Five-Year Plans
- VI. Not Here, Not Now, Not Ever
- Appendix: Common Conceptions of Eternity
- Notes
- Eternity: A Basic Bibliography
- Index