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fromAeon
3 days ago

When we turned time into a line, we reimagined past and future | Aeon Essays

The modern linear conception of time arose in the 18th century; earlier Western thought conceived time as cyclical, tied to celestial cycles and eternal recurrence.
fromIndependent
3 weeks ago

It's a disgrace - all of it: Your guide to next year's GAA moans

If whinging was an Olympic sport, we Gaels would be unbeatable Often in the hostelries around Thurles before big Munster championship games you'll hear it observed that Nietzsche's oeuvre is a latticework of recurring ideas and radical rejections. And yet it is Nietzsche's doctrine of eternal recurrence that best illustrates his GAA-ness. The notion that time is a squared circle, that everything repeats ad nauseam. But most especially the GAA news cycle.
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