Nietzsche’s Eternal Return: Unriddling the Vision, A Psychodynamic Approach

This essay is an interpretation of Nietzsche’s enigmatic idea of the Eternal Return of the Same in the context of his life rather than of his philosophy. Nietzsche never explained his ‘abysmal thought’ and referred to it directly only in a few passages of his published writings, but numerous interpr...

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Main Author: Cybulska, Eva (Author)
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Language:English
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Published: Rhodes University 2013
In: The Indo-Pacific journal of phenomenology
Year: 2013, Volume: 13, Issue: 1, Pages: 1-13
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