Perhaps the contradictions are not contradictions at all. Perhaps we have just been thinking about the logic of them in too simplistic a manner, yet not simplistic enough. Maybe not, perhaps our philosophical thinking needs to jump into another mode. Equations to the first power only. Perhaps it is time to put our thoughts into another mode.
Quadratics is a term in mathematics which simply describes curves and circles.
For example circles, represented by quadratic equations, have no beginning or end. Perhaps life has no be ginning or end, just different places on a curved line composed of an infinite number of life experiences in different forms. Perhaps philosophy needs to think in terms of curves and circles rather than straight lines, quadratically instead of linearly. Nature, after all, is not composed of basically straight lines, so perhaps mans', or for that matter man's life experiences and purpose, would be better understood if we contemplated it in a quadratic format rather than a linear one, as we have historically done. Perhaps we need to think philosophically more in terms of circular thoughts or what one might call higher order equations.