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The problem of an eidos in history, hence, arises only when a Christian transcendental fulfillment becomes immanentized. Such an immanentist hypostasis of the eschaton, however, is a theoretical fallacy.
Eric Voegelin
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Eric Voegelin
Age: 84 †
Born: 1901
Born: January 3
Died: 1985
Died: January 19
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Cologne
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