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Showing 1 to 7 of 7 for “"eternal recurrence"”.
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Nietzsche's Ariadne: a new perspective on the eternal recurrence
<p>It is my contention that Nietzsche undertakes Ariadne as a solution to the inadequacies of Dionysus (the loneliness of what assimilates in the enaction of its values, what negates in alignment towards itself) precisely because she is a woman—and hence most capable of inverting the philosophical …
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Nietzsche's eternal recurrence of the same : the effect of logic abridgement, contradictions and inconsistencies
I will argue that the doctrine of eternal recurrence of the same no better interprets cosmology than pink elephants interpret zoology. I will also argue that the eternal-reiurn-of-the-same doctrine as what Magnus calls "existential imperative" is without possibility of application and thus futile. …
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Nihilism and emptiness: Nishitani's encounter with Nietzsche
… of Nishitani’s response to the idea of eternal recurrence for understanding his critical approach to Nietzsche’s thinking. I argue against the view, offered by Bret Davis, that Nishitani’s criticisms of Nietzsche are primarily based on the former’s negative assessment of the idea of will …
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A study of various Nationalist appropriations of Nietzsche in the Weimar Republic
… considering ideas such as the Good European, the Eternal Recurrence and Transvaluation of all Values. Following this, the concluding chapter summarises the arguments presented throughout, conceding that Nietzsche’s inherent ambiguities allow for liberal interpretation in many cases, but that the …
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Experiments in inhumanity
… German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche's idea of Eternal Recurrence as a motif, suggesting a repetitive, cyclical experience in the lives of the characters. It supposes a finite set of events recurring over an infinite time span. It also experiments with narrative structure, breaking up a …
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"The Return of Adam to Paradise Lost: Camus' ""Le Premier Homme"
… for Nietzsche, who envisioned time as an eternal recurrence of the same. In chapter three, I examine the quest for the biological father and his previous textual avatars, along with the ceaseless cycle of parricide and resurrection that alternately animates and exterminates this father …
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Kierkegaard's category of repetition: a reconstruction.
… a comparison with Nietzsche's doctrine of the eternal recurrence.