{"id":9577,"date":"2011-07-20T00:58:51","date_gmt":"2011-07-19T16:58:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/moonpointer.com\/new\/?p=9577"},"modified":"2011-07-20T01:02:05","modified_gmt":"2011-07-19T17:02:05","slug":"curse-of-eternal-recurrence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/moonpointer.com\/new\/2011\/07\/curse-of-eternal-recurrence\/","title":{"rendered":"Curse Of Eternal Recurrence?"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Friedrich Nietzsche wrote…<\/p>\n

“What if a demon were to creep after you one night, in your loneliest loneliness, and say, ‘This life which you live must be lived by you once again and innumerable times more; and every pain and joy and thought and sigh must come again to you, all in the same sequence. The eternal hourglass will again and again be turned and you with it, dust of the dust!’ Would you throw yourself down and gnash your teeth and curse that demon? Or would you answer, ‘Never have I heard anything more divine’?”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

This is some serious existential stuff as a thought experiment. How would you respond? Would it be a curse or a blessing to you, this eternal recurrence? At once, it would seem, life becomes totally meaningless, because what you do wouldn’t really make a difference. Yet, everything also becomes totally meaningful, in the sense that every little thing you do will matter – forever – because it is going to repeat indefinitely. Whether there is free will or not is not the concern. You can only do your best now, for a better future, whether it will truly be repeated or not. Is the demon an angel then? Existential trap or freedom? You decide!<\/p>\n

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