AstronomerStandard t1_jbrehjt wrote on March 11, 2023 at 3:01 AM

Reply to comment by IReallyHateReddit37 in The Eternal Return: Nietzsche’s Brilliant Thought Experiment Illustrating the Key to Existential Contentment by Raw_Spit

If my life was reset I’d certainly make better decisions. That’s enough for me to know that I have grown through my mistakes. And then I’d probably make more mistakes through the new choices that I would make.

We need to make choices to grow, if we wait for life to make a choice for us, it would be also letting our environment decide who we will be.

Ubermensch….

NVincarnate t1_jbrhnuv wrote on March 11, 2023 at 3:29 AM

The point of the exercise is you don't change anything every time. It's the same life for infinity.

AstronomerStandard t1_jbrnyw6 wrote on March 11, 2023 at 4:26 AM

I know, I deviated on purpose. Just wanted to state what I discovered while performing this thought experiment.

Btw m, Reliving the same life for eternity is a torture no matter how pleasurable ur life was. If u’re to relive a luxurious life then I’ll find it only “less painful”. Part of the joy in life is its spontaneity