In his Consolation of Philosophy, Boethius defines eternal beings as any one who “possesses the whole fulness of unending life at once.”
That is, a being is eternal, rather than temporal, if it has an infinite life all wrapped up in a single moment.
In “Moment 4 Life,” Nicki Minaj claims to want “this moment for life.”
Now, let’s assume that Nicki Minaj means “forever” by “for life.” On this assumption, Minaj wants a single moment for an infinite life, rather than an infinite life in a single moment.
Somebody should write a paper about this distinction.
