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Single Idea 24123
[filed under theme 23. Ethics / F. Existentialism / 2. Nihilism
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Full Idea
I held up eternal recurrence against the numbing feeling of general disintegration and imperfection.
Gist of Idea
My eternal recurrence is opposed to feeling fragmented and imperfect
Source
Friedrich Nietzsche (Unpublished Notebooks 1882-84 [1883], 24[28])
Book Ref
Nietzsche,Friedrich: 'Fragments from the period of 'Zarathustra' (v 14)', ed/tr. Loeb/Tinsley [Stanford 2019], p.599
A Reaction
I've heard people say that they think Nietzsche was a nihilist. This is nonsense. His whole career was an opposition to nihilism. His excitement over the idea of recurrence is that he sees a real answer to nihilism. You have to value a recurring life.
Related Idea
Idea 24119
The eternal return of wastefulness is a terrible thought [Nietzsche]
The
20 ideas
with the same theme
[human life seems pointless and absurd]:
7072
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Jacobi was the first philosopher to talk of nihilism
[Jacobi, by Critchley]
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22090
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For me time stands still, and I with it
[Kierkegaard, by Carlisle]
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23214
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For the strongest people, nihilism gives you wings!
[Nietzsche]
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20125
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The ethical teacher exists to give purpose to what happens necessarily and without purpose
[Nietzsche]
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23717
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Modern nihilism is now feeling tired of mankind
[Nietzsche]
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7198
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Nihilism results from measuring the world by our categories which are purely invented
[Nietzsche]
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24123
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My eternal recurrence is opposed to feeling fragmented and imperfect
[Nietzsche]
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7847
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Initially nihilism was cosmic, but later Nietzsche saw it as a cultural matter
[Nietzsche, by Ansell Pearson]
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9782
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Nietzsche urges that nihilism be active, and will nothing itself
[Nietzsche, by Zizek]
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18286
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The greatest experience possible is contempt for your own happiness, reason and virtue
[Nietzsche]
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24188
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It is absurd to say that evil proves life is worthless. If it were, why would evil matter?
[Weil]
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19622
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The pointlessness of our motives and irrelevance of our gestures reveals our vacuity
[Cioran]
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19617
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Evidence suggests that humans do not have a purpose
[Cioran]
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19612
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The universe is dirty and fragile, as if a scandal in nothingness had produced its matter
[Cioran]
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9243
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If we believe existence is absurd, this should dictate our conduct
[Camus]
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6708
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Happiness and the absurd go together, each leading to the other
[Camus]
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23941
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'Absurdity' is just the result of our wrong choices in life
[Solomon]
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3268
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If a small brief life is absurd, then so is a long and large one
[Nagel]
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6688
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Life is only absurd if you expected an explanation and none turns up
[Graham]
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6843
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Perceiving meaninglessness is an achievement, which can transform daily life
[Critchley]
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