From across the water, a breeze licks my sweating brow, stirs the rags of the patched sail, and rouses the crew from their improbable slumbers. With the grace of acrobats, the crew prepare the boat for the rising wind. The sail ripples, fills and drags…
”Δεν είναι από περηφάνεια ούτε από ακροβατική διάθεση που αναζητάμε τα βουνά. Τα άγνωστα βουνά μας μαθαίνουν να βρίσκουμε τον δρόμο μας, να μετράμε τη φύση των εμποδίων και το μέτρο της δικής μας αντίστασης.”
Eternity in common parlance is an infinitely long period of time. In classical philosophy, however, eternity is defined as what exists outside time while sempiternity is the concept that corresponds to the colloquial definition of eternity.
In Aristotle’s Metaphysics, eternity is the unmoved mover (God), understood as the gradient of total synergy (“produces motion by being loved”). Boethius defined eternity as “simultaneously full and perfect possession of interminable life”.