>[!abstract] >_Wiedersehen_ (German for "seeing again") in literature may refer to an expectation of reunion, and (consequently) a temporary separation rather than final departure. Kurt Gödel used in to refer to the afterlife, which he posited was logically justified. >[!quote] >If the world is rationally organized and has meaning, then it must be the case [that there is an afterlife]. For what sort of a meaning would it have to bring about a being (the human being) with such a wide field of possibilities for personal development and relationships to others, only then to let him achieve not even 1/1,000th of it? (Gödel, 1961, as cited in [[Englert, 2024]]). >[!related] >- **North** (upstream): [[Eschatology]] >- **West** (similar): [[Reincarnation]] >- **East** (different): [[Materialism]] >- **South** (downstream): —