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Thus Spoke Zarathustra Sparknotes

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In the assigned sections of the book Thus Spoke Zarathustra, Nietzsche discusses the concept of eternal recurrence through the journey of Zarathustra. In the doctrine of eternal recurrence, events do not happen once, but recur for an infinite number of times. Every event happens now has already happened for an infinite number of times, and will recur in the future. Nietzsche claims that there are no fixed thing in the universe, everything changes, and those changes will recur eternally. Change is the only constant in the universe and we have to accept that every decisions we made/will make will be repeated an infinite number of times, including all those delightful moments as well as the worst moments in our life. Zarathustra wrestles with
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