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Eternal return

In philosophy, eternal return (or eternal recurrence) is the concept stating that time repeats itself in an infinite loop, and that exactly the same events will continue to occur in exactly the same way, over and over again, for eternity.

Science, Classical antiquity & Friedrich Nietzsche

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Classical antiquity

Friedrich Nietzsche

P. D. Ouspensky

Science and mathematics

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Eternal return

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related to Interpretation · 17
Eternal return → According, Ecce Homo, Heidegger, However, Instead, Kuong Un Teng, Many, Martin Heidegger, My, Neil Sinhababu, Nietzsche, Nietzsche's, Not, On, The, The Gay Science, This
related to Christian response · 16
Eternal return → AD, And, Augustine, Christ, Christian, Christianity, Ecclesiastes, Hippo, In, It, Origen, Romans, See, Stoic, What, Who
related to Nietzsche's formulation · 15
Eternal return → Blanqui, Dühring, Friedrich Albert Lange, He, Heinrich Heine, Lake Silvaplana, Nevertheless, Nietzsche, Nietzsche's, Pythagorean, Stoic, Switzerland, The, The Gay Science, Vogt
related to P. D. Ouspensky · 12
Eternal return → As, Having, He, In, Ivan, Ivan Osokin, Nietzsche, Ouspensky, Russian, Strange Life, The, This
related to Pythagoreanism · 11
Eternal return → According, Aristotle's Physics, BC, Eudemus, In, Porphyry, Pythagoras, Pythagorean, Rhodes, Simplicius, There
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Augustine of Hippoinstance ofThis school of thought was fiercely criticized by Christian authors0.80text
who saw it as a fundamental denial of the Christian ideas of sininstance ofThis school of thought was fiercely criticized by Christian authors0.80text
free willinstance ofThis school of thought was fiercely criticized by Christian authors0.80text
salvation.The concept was revived in the 19th century by German philosopher Friedrich Nietzscheinstance ofThis school of thought was fiercely criticized by Christian authors0.80text
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and may have encountered references to Blanqui in a book by Friedrich Albert Langeinstance ofwas familiar with the works of contemporary philosophers0.80text
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Kuong Un Teng have suggested that the reason this material remained unpublished was because Nietzsche himself was unconvinced that his argument would hold up to scrutiny.A third possibility is that Nietzsche was attempting to create a new ethical standard by which people should judge their own behaviourinstance ofscholars0.80text
Eternal returnrelated to Christian responseChristian0.60section
Eternal returnrelated to Christian responseOrigen0.60section

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