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A Very Brief History of Eternity

Paperback • 2011 • English

A Very Brief History of Eternity

By Carlos Eire

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About the book

From the author of Waiting for Snow in Havana, a brilliant cultural history of the idea of eternity 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, Carlos Eire, the historian and National Book Award-winning author of Waiting for Snow in Havana, ha...Show more

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ISBN

9780691152509

Publisher

Princeton University Press

Published year

2011

Language

English

Original title

A Very Brief History of Eternity

Format

Paperback

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