But at least in most countries of Europe, people have come to terms with, and in many ways moved beyond, that history something the European Union by its very existence seeks to symbolise.
The Pharisees, even while the cult of the Jerusalem Temple was still in existence, sought to reduce priestly exclusiveness by enlarging the scope of sacral rules to include, as far as possible, all the people.
For example, although there is indirect evidence for gravitational waves, direct evidence of their existence is still being sought by several teams of scientists in experiments such as the LIGO and GEO600 projects.
Queer Eye isn't so much about giving Trump voters a voice as it is acknowledging their existence and seeking, in a surprisingly nuanced and unpatronising way, to understand it.
Writers and artists in all media question human existence while seeking to purge humanity of the notions of essence that spur great nations and civilizations to adopt the conceit of their superiority over less powerful societies.
Importantly, by reflecting upon our existence and seeking to detect the meaning of life's moments, we also create opportunities to draft our life's legacy, albeit as a work in progress, before it is our time to die and experience what Socrates said "may be the greatest of all human blessings".
It hardly sounds like the spare, serene existence they sought to achieve with the design of their home.
Some recipients come from poor conditions in other countries and need help to find the better existence they seek in the United States.
Philosophers, on the other hand, practice a vocation that for most of its existence has sought, as Bertrand Russell once wrote, to "make us know the ends of life, and the elements in life that have value on their own account".
He, like the entire Israeli leadership, argues that since Iran sponsors Hezbollah in southern Lebanon and Hamas in Gaza, both of which reject Israel's existence and seek its destruction, the key to the Palestinian solution is to defang Iran and stop it from acquiring the means to build a nuclear weapon.
