Just letting you know that "paradise" comes from Old Persian "pairi-daeza" — pairi meaning "around" and daeza meaning "wall." A walled enclosure. Specifically the royal hunting parks of ancient Persia, surrounded by walls to keep wildlife in and outsiders out.
Greek borrowed it as "paradeisos." Early biblical translators used it for the Garden of Eden, and the meaning slowly climbed from "walled royal garden" to "perfect eternal realm."
Same word, very different ambitions.
What's your personal version of paradise?
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