Friedrich Nietzsche · Philosophy

The Eternal Recurrence

Nietzsche’s strange and profound thought experiment - that you must live your life over and over, eternally, exactly the same - as the ultimate test of whether you can affirm your existence.

What you'll be able to recall

You learned that Nietzsche’s eternal recurrence imagines living your life over and over eternally, as a test of life-affirmation. Explain the thought of eternal recurrence and its purpose, in your own words.

Leads to Albert Camus.

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