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To whatever degree he may have desacralized the world, the man who has made his choice in favor of a profane life never succeeds in completely doing … - Mircea Eliade
" "To whatever degree he may have desacralized the world, the man who has made his choice in favor of a profane life never succeeds in completely doing away with religious behavior.
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About Mircea Eliade
Mircea Eliade (13 March 1907 {O.S. 28 February} – 22 April 1986) was a Romanian historian of religion, fiction writer, philosopher, and professor at the University of Chicago. His most enduring and influential contribution to religious studies was possibly his theory of Eternal Return, which holds that myths and rituals do not simply record or imitate hierophanies, but, at least to the minds of the religious, actually participate in them.
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Timpul d-tale interior, singurul care contează, îţi aparţine. Poţi munci visând, sau amintindu-ţi, sau gândind. Numai munca săvârşită întru împlinirea unei vocaţii, şi în primul rând scrisul, pentru că procesul lui e cel mai complicat, numai această muncă te confiscă definitiv. Numai actul creaţiei îţi cere această jertfă...
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