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Sunday Firesides: Eternity Is Now

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Kate McKay
Dec 18, 2024
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Posture by Sunday Firesides about Eternity explained by Phillips Brooks.

The above quote by a 19th century clergyman speaks to the way a belief in eternal life can elevate and empower mortal life, offering strength, purpose, and a sense of divinely imbued identity and destiny.

Brooks speaks from a Christian tradition, but his viewpoint is, ironically enough, quite Nietzschean.

One of the fundamentals of Friedrich Nietzsche’s p…

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