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Full Idea
Eternal recurrence is the highest formula of affirmation that is at all attainable.
Gist of Idea
Eternal recurrence is the highest attainable affirmation
Source
Friedrich Nietzsche (Ecce Homo [1889], Zar 1)
Book Ref
Nietzsche,Friedrich: 'Ecce Homo', ed/tr. Hollingdale,R.J. [Penguin 1992], p.69
A Reaction
Did Nietzsche have in mind an even higher formulation that was unattainable? The aim of eternal recurrence is to offer the highest possible ideal that remains rooted in the nature of ordinary life. It is a cut-down version of the Form of the Good.
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