The idea of eternal return is a mysterious one and Nietzsche has often perplexed other philosophers with it to think that everything recurs as we once experienced it and that the recurrence itself recurs ad infinitum What does this mad myth signify
Milan Kundera
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Such are the Splendors and Miseries of memory it is proud of its ability to keep truthful track of the logical sequence of past events but when it comes to how we experienced them at the time memory feels no obligation to truth.
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And therein lies the whole of mans plight. Human time does not turn in a circle it runs ahead in a straight line. That is why man cannot be happy happiness is the longing for repetition.
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