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Ideas for 'Parmenides', 'Contemporary Political Philosophy (2nd edn)' and 'Unpublished Notebooks 1884-85'

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16. Persons / F. Free Will / 6. Determinism / b. Fate
I have perfected fatalism, as recurrence and denial of the will [Nietzsche]
     Full Idea: I have perfected fatalism, through eternal recurrence and preexistence, and through the elimination of the concept 'will'.
     From: Friedrich Nietzsche (Unpublished Notebooks 1884-85 [1884], 25[214])
     A reaction: 'Amor fati' - love of fate - was his oft repeated slogan. We can all understand 'go with the flow', but I'm not sure about anything more universal than that.
Fate is inspiring, if you understand you are part of it [Nietzsche]
     Full Idea: Fate is an inspiring thought for those who understand that they are part of it.
     From: Friedrich Nietzsche (Unpublished Notebooks 1884-85 [1884], 26[442])
     A reaction: Sounds a bit like the Niagara Falls being inspiring if you are being swept over it. I find the possibility of fatalism neutral, rather than inspiring.