Nietzsche and Eternal Recurrence

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The Pythagoreans believed that whenever heavenly bodies all returned to certain fixed relative positions, this would initiate another cycle of history of the universe. This paper examines the concept of the eternal return, or the eternal recurrence, as one of Frederich Nietzsche's most important concepts upon which he expanded and incorporated into his world view.

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"In other words, all morals are dependent and contingent on the situation and context. There was no "good" as such, only relative good according to various cultural and social factors. Central to Nietzsche's philosophy was a possibility of transcending or going beyond both concepts of good and evil. He stated that until now there had been no real goal or aim for humanity. All goals and aims have been relative and illusionary and have kept humanity from following any real goal. It is the creation of the Superman or Ubermensch, which is the true goal of humanity."

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