[D66] Ekpyrosis

[R.O.]

We anticipate the day when global warming, having arrived at an 
incendiary +8°C, will be called ekpyrosis instead of the good old Latin 
equivalent, “conflagration.”

--The ends of the world / Déborah Danowski, Eduardo Viveiros de Castro 
Other titles: Há mundo por vir?



https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ekpyrosis

Ekpyrosis
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Ekpyrosis (/ˌɛkpɪˈroʊsɪs/; Ancient Greek: ἐκπύρωσις ekpýrōsis, 
"conflagration") is a Stoic belief in the periodic destruction of the 
cosmos by a great conflagration every Great Year. The cosmos is then 
recreated (palingenesis) only to be destroyed again at the end of the 
new cycle. This form of catastrophe is the opposite of kataklysmos 
(κατακλυσμός, "inundation"), the destruction of the earth by water.[1] 
The destruction of the universe was in the form of fire. The time frame 
of destruction was never defined or given by any of the Stoics. The fire 
destruction was to cleanse the universe.[2] The cleansing of the 
universe was to help create a pure universe. The flames would destroy 
everything in the universe. Then, everything would be rebuilt in the 
exact same way in every detail before the fire. After so long, the 
process by fire would happen again and again. This cleansing of the 
universe is infinite.[2]