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Vol. 2 No. 2 (2015): 1º Semestre de 2015

The Eternal Return and the Stylistics of Existence

Submitted
April 7, 2026
Published
2019-06-03

Abstract

The aphorism 341 ofThe Gay Science reveals that Nietzsche's interest by
the ethical effects of the eternal recurrence is deeply attached to the idea that life on
completion of its temporal unfolding will repeat again and again in the same sequence
and order. Thus, the demon hypothesis lead us to the dramatic challenge that involves
the characterization of the eternal recurrence as an ethical doctrine: to want what one
knows. In order to make effective the ethical potential of return it’s not enough to find
theoretical basis to support the idea that life will be repeated in the same sequence and
order, neither scientific proof, you must want this repetition. Therefore,  the crucial
question that Nietzsche forwards to his reader in aphorism 341 ofThe Gay Science is
like living in a way of wanting life repeated eternally in all of its temporal unfolding. In
this context, the aim of this article is to discuss Nietzsche's investment in ethical
ramifications of eternal recurrence and its relation to the stylistic of existence that
emerges from the writings of the philosopher in the end of the second period of his
production.

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