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Full Idea
The most terrible thought of an eternal return of wastefulness.
Gist of Idea
The eternal return of wastefulness is a terrible thought
Source
Friedrich Nietzsche (Unpublished Notebooks 1882-84 [1883], 20[02])
Book Ref
Nietzsche,Friedrich: 'Fragments from the period of 'Zarathustra' (v 14)', ed/tr. Loeb/Tinsley [Stanford 2019], p.532
A Reaction
This illuminates quite well his notion of eternal recurrence. Not only what you would do in an eternally recurring life, but what you would avoid.