Single Idea 24133

[catalogued under 16. Persons / F. Free Will / 6. Determinism / b. Fate]

Full Idea

I have perfected fatalism, through eternal recurrence and preexistence, and through the elimination of the concept 'will'.

Gist of Idea

I have perfected fatalism, as recurrence and denial of the will

Source

Friedrich Nietzsche (Unpublished Notebooks 1884-85 [1884], 25[214])

Book Reference

Nietzsche,Friedrich: 'Fragments from 1884-85 (v 15)', ed/tr. Loeb,P.S./Tinsley,D.F. [Stanford 2022], p.60


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.