Eternal return

The idea of eternal recurrence is central to the writings of Friedrich Nietzsche. Nietzsche first encountered the idea in the works of Heinrich Heine, who speculated that there would one day be a person born with the same thought processes as himself, and that the same was true of every other person on the planet. Nietzsche expanded on this thought to form his theory, which he put forth in The Gay Scien ...

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While in the popular mind, eternity often simply means existing for an infinite, i.e., limitless, amount of time, many have used it to refer to a timeless existence altogether outside of time. There are a number of arguments for eternity, by which proponents of the concept, principally, Aristotle, purported to prove that matter, motion, and time must have existed eternally. Eternity - Eternity as a timeless existence. Augustine of Hippo wrote that time exists only within the created universe, ...

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Theists say that God is eternally existent. How this is understood depends on which definition of eternity is used. On the one hand, God may exist in eternity, a timeless existence where categories of past, present, and future just do not apply. On the other hand, God may exist for or through eternity, or at all times, having already existed for an infinite amount of time and being expected to continue ...

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Eternity is often symbolized by the image of a snake swallowing its own tail, known as Ouroboros (or Uroboros), though the symbol can also carry a number of other connotations. The circle is also commonly used as a symbol for eternity. The related concept, infinity, is symbolized by . ...

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Augustine of Hippo wrote that time exists only within the created universe, so that God exists outside of time; for God there is no past or future, but only an eternal present. That position is accepted by many believers. And one need not believe in God in order to hold this concept of eternity: an atheist mathematician can maintain the philosophical tenet that numbers and the relationships among them exist outside of time, and so are in that sense eternal. Near-death experience testimonies typically speak of eternity as a timeless existence by stating that portions of experiences in the eternal world lasted ...

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The modern theory of relativity provides a physical description of the universe in which the past and future may exist alongside the present. Some scientific theories of consciousness such as space-time theories of consciousness propose that the space-time continuum permits consciousness. The physics taught in most schools describes the universe in terms of Galilean relativity in which only the durationless present exists. This concept is known as present ...

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Phil Connors and his crew from the fictional Pittsburgh television station WPBH-TV travel to Punxsutawney (which, in real life, as in the movie, holds a major celebration for Groundhog Day) on February 1 in order to cover the annual Groundhog Day festivities the next morning. After the celebration concludes, a blizzard develops, closing the nearby roads and shutting down outside phone service, forcing Phil and company to spend an extra day in Punxsutawney. Phil, however, does not wake up on February 3, but rather on February 2 again. ...

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The film explores the idea of how one's own choices influence and dictate one's future; in this respect, it parallels the life of George Bailey in Capra's It's a Wonderful Life. In contrast to Bailey, Connors gets to manipulate the variables, and then to see the many different outcomes, which seems to repeat countless times. (Though the film does not specify the number of repetitions, there is enough time for Connors to become a skilled piano player, learn French, become a master ice sculptor, learn the life story of every person in t ...

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Groundhog Day is a tale of learning to value one's place in life, to value one's unique knowledge and qualities, and to use that knowledge to value self and to love others, as compared to their use for selfish and egocentric satisfaction. Although it did not do exceptionally well in its original cinema release, the movie had a sort of second life on video and cable. Originally noted as an uplifting romantic comedy by critics, it has since entrenched itself as one of the great American films of the late 20th Century: The film is number ...

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In ancient Egypt, the scarab (or dung beetle) was viewed as a sign of eternal renewal and reemergence of life, a reminder of the life to come. See also Atum and Maàt. External link: [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] In ancient Greece, the concept of eternal return was more connected with Empedocles, Zeno of Citium, and Stoicism. External link: [8] [9] [10] ...

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