Term
eternal recurrence
Nietzsche's thought that life might repeat itself endlessly, unchanged. For him it is above all a test of how you relate to your life, not a proven fact about the world.
The Gay Science, Friedrich Nietzsche
Explained in
- The Gay Science, Friedrich Nietzsche
- Thus Spoke Zarathustra, Friedrich Nietzsche
a thought experiment: would you want to live your life, and this exact moment, an infinite number of times?