Eternal Return (Eliade)
The "Eternal return" is, according to the theories of religious historian Mircea Eliade, a belief, expressed (sometimes implicitly, but often explicitly) in religious behavior, in the ability to return to the mythical age, to become contemporary with the events described in one's myths. It should be distinguished from the philosophical concept of eternal return.
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“If you think of paying court to the men in power, your eternal ruin is assured.”
—Stendhal [Marie Henri Beyle] (1783–1842)
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