Single Idea 24119

[catalogued under 23. Ethics / F. Existentialism / 8. Eternal Recurrence]

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Friedrich Nietzsche (Unpublished Notebooks 1882-84 [1883], 20[02])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 Reference

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.