earthly paradise, n.All

Earthly paradise (n.) Columbus ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠glimpsed lives on, debased, as the gracious life of the rich: no longer eternal but historic, no longer metaphysical but social.