In the "Republic," for instance, Plato ask why "men" act justly and whether it is because they seek a higher eternal purpose or whether it is because they fear a greater earthly authority.
Some taught self-control as the key to happiness and that an eternal purpose cradled the cosmos, while others thought that pleasure in moderation was the secret to life and that cosmic purpose was a comforting fiction.
For without liberty, how could the Creator, who desired the friendship of free women and men rather than the worship of slaves, fulfill his eternal purposes?
For thus we are taught even God governs the world, not by irresistible force, but persuasive argument and reason, controlling it into compliance with his eternal purposes.
If you believe that "…the Negro race in America has a veritable destiny in His [God's] eternal purposes"… then time should not be wasted on "discussing the 'Negro Problem' amid the clouds of your fine Havana, ensconced in your friend's well-cushioned arm-chair and with your patent leather boot-tips elevated to the opposite mantle" (VAJC, 194).
The use of stone in Egyptian temples emphasized their purpose as eternal houses for the gods and set them apart from buildings for the use of mortals, which were built of mudbrick.
At his inauguration, the preacher told Mr Trump: "God has raised you … up for a great, eternal purpose", yet when Mr Trump goes God's name will be as sullied as that of anyone else associated with this presidency.
She has a name — Hope Springs Eternal — and a purpose — to bring in donations to the Hope for Depression Research Foundation.
And an official LDS document, "The Family: A Proclamation to the World," states that "gender is an essential characteristic of individual premortal, mortal, and eternal identity and purpose".
However, whatever the outcome of my case, my faith is grounded in a sovereign, loving and unchanging God and his eternal plans and purposes".
He cited the changes as evidence of "political and social pressures for legal and policy changes to establish behaviours contrary to God's decrees about sexual morality and the eternal nature and purposes of marriage and child-bearing".
