Can someone explain to me Nietzsche's idea of eternal recurrence? It sounds metaphysical and even quasi-mystical, but I'm sure Nietzsche had something else in mind besides the literal meaning.
It means if you had to live your life exactly the same way all over again (and again and against and again), would you be happy, or depressed? If you would be happy, then you are affirming your life. If you would be depressed, then you're a wienie.
>>1204729
So it's something like a thought experiment? If so, why bother with recurrence? Why not emphasize the singularity of life since it leads to the same moral result?
>>1204732
Because Nietzsche is concerned with those who would be terrified of living the same life over...forever...more than they are of oblivion.
I wouldn't react either way. If i get to live my life over and over again, that would be the exact same thing (unto me) as living it just once, because everytime my life started over my memory would be wiped, and i would forget that i was about to live my life over and over again.
>>1204729
Amor fati?
