What is Eternal return?
'''Eternal return''' is an idea that everything will repeat forever. It is also called eternal recurrence. Eternal return can be found in different [[Religion|religions]] or [[Philosophy|philosophies]].<ref name=NYK>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2019/10/14/nietzsches-eternal-return|publisher=New Yorker|accessdate=January 2, 2022|date=October 7, 2019|author=Alex Ross|title=Nietzsche's Eternal Return}}</ref> [[Nietzsche]] wrote the most famous version of the eternal recurrence, but he started with other people's ideas. In his own writings, Nietzsche says he thinks the writer [[Heraclitus]] may have been first to write about it.<ref name=Time>{{cite journal|title=Time and Personal Identity in Nietzsche's Theory of Eternal Recurrence|accessdate=January 3, 2022|url=http://history.as.uky.edu/sites/default/files/Time%20and%20Personal%20Identity%20in%20Nietzsche%E2%80%99s%20Theory%20of%20Eternal%20Recurrence%20-%20Scott%20Jenkins.pdf|journal=Philosophy Compass|year=2012|pages=208–217|doi=10.1111/j.1747-9991.2011.00473.x|author=Scott Jenkins|volume=7|issue=3}}</ref> ==Related pages== *[[Eternity]] *[[Trolley problem]] *[[Absolutism]] *[[Consequentialism]] *[[Ouroboros]] == References == {{Reflist}} {{stub}} [[Category:Philosophy]] [[Category:Religion]]