If eternity could exist otherwise than as a vision in time, eternity would have no meaning for men in the world, while the world, men, and time would have no vocation or status in eternity.
George Santayana
Where these words come from
- 95% sureThese words were traced back to where they first appeared. That source is listed below.
- The Life of Reason (1905–1906), Reason in Religion, “Ideal Immortality”; Exact wording and attribution checked. Philosophical account of the relation between transient experience and ideal eternity.
- The Life of Reason (1905–1906), Reason in Religion, “Ideal Immortality”
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