Is Eternal Return Real? (1b) That said, quite apart from Nietzsche’s philosophy, the idea of “Eternal Recurrence”, or Eternal return has been around way before Nietzsche’s time. (1a) It’s not real. It’s not to be viewed scientifically. What is the purpose of eternal return? Eternal return proposes no afterlife except the infinite repetition of our
What If Some Day Or Night A Demon Were To Steal After You Into Your Loneliest Loneliness And Say To You? What if some day or night a demon were to steal into your loneliest loneliness and say to you: “This life as you now live and have lived it you will have to live
What Is The Point Of Nietzsche’s Eternal Recurrence? The idea of the eternal return—the prospect of having to live one’s life over and over, every detail repeated, every pain alongside every joy—becomes all the more potent when one thinks about having to relive that life, to its terrible end. What is eternal return in ethics?