Eternity, not as a static "now,” nor as a sequence of "nows” rolling off into the infinite, but as the "now” that bends back into itself. ... Thinking the most difficult thought of philosophy means thinking being as time. (Martin Heidegger)

Eternity, not as a static "now,” nor as a sequence of "nows” rolling off into the infinite, but as the "now” that bends back into itself. ... Thinking the most difficult thought of philosophy means thinking being as time.

Martin Heidegger

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