Nietzsche on the eternal recurrence / Neil Sinhababu.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sinhababu, Neil, author.

Series:

Elements in the Philosophy of Friedrich Nietzsche Series

Cambridge elements. Elements in the philosophy of Friedrich Nietzsche 2976-5722

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Eternal return.

Nietzsche, Friedrich Wilhelm, 1844-1900.

Nietzsche, Friedrich Wilhelm.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (69 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2024.

Summary:

"The idea of the eternal recurrence is that we will live the exact same lives again an infinite number of times. Nietzsche appreciates that this would multiply the value of a single life by infinity, justifying intense emotional responses. His unpublished notes provide a cosmological argument for the eternal recurrence that anticipates Poincaré's recurrence theorem. Nietzsche's Thus Spoke Zarathustra describes its hero discovering this idea and struggling to accept the recurrence of all bad things. He eventually comes to love the eternal recurrence because it will bring back all the joys of his life, and teaches this idea to others."-- Provided by publisher

Contents:

1. The introduction of infinities

2. Gay Science 341, "The greatest weight", considers infinite value

3. The argument of KSA 11:11:38[12] anticipates Poincaré's theorem

4. "The Soothsayer" envisions the dark side of eternal recurrence

5. "On Redemption" tells of the will's struggle with the past

6. "The Stillest Hour" struggles to speak of infinite negative value

7. "On The Vision and the Riddle" envisions the cosmology

8. "The Convalescent" has animals proclaiming recurrence

9. "The Other Dancing Song" expresses love of life

10. "Once More" and "The Drunken Song" sing of infinities

11. "The Seven Seals" proposes marriage to Eternity

12. Part IV pits Zarathustra against the soothsayer

13. "The Ass Festival" celebrates worldly value

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 18 Dec 2024).

ISBN:

9781009443203

1009443208

9781009443227

1009443224

9781009443180

1009443186

OCLC:

1508804628