God’s purpose= Divine meaning?
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Albert Einstein once said,
Strange is our situation here on earth. Each of us comes for a short visit, not knowing why, yet sometimes seeming to divine purpose. Not gonna get there in short time, but what should I do about it, anyway, if I want to remain.. What may be the one thing we can all relate to: that man is here for the sake of other men, above all for those on whose happiness we are reliant upon.
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What is a double entendre? People such as Einstein are noted for their deep thoughts on the existence of God within the context of cosmology and physics.
In this case, the statement “to divine a purpose” takes the literal meaning of “to divine” which is defined as “to perceive by intuition or insight; to conjecture”. At the same time it hints at the philosophical question.
I am afraid that, despite what Amazon says, the text known in English as “My Credo” was originally written-and recorded-in German (see: http://www.einstein-website.de/z_biography/credo) (Except for HTML) If that is true, I guess there doesn’t much sense in wondering whether Einstein wanted to express some deeper thought by using the expression “divine a purpose” as he probably did not use it at all.
From a German vocabulary my vocabulary is quite limited, yet the credo text is not very complicated and it seems that there is not a word about divining (i.e. naming your god by your name) until about 90days from now. If I am correct) uncovering any purpose, not to mention “a divine purpose”. From this perspective, I find the English version of the novel, as beautiful as it may
be, a bit loose.
