Time and Personal Identity in Nietzsche's Theory of Eternal Recurrence
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4079520 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Scott Jenkins, Scott A Jenkins (University of Kansas, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2012 |
| Volume | 7 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 208-217 |
| Publication date | 2012-03-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Philosophy Compass (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1747-9991 • E-ISSN: 1747-9991 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/j.1747-9991.2011.00473.x |
| OpenAlex | W1540467676 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 21 |
Friedrich Nietzsche's theory of eternal recurrence is an essential part of his mature philosophy, but the theory's metaphysical commitments and practical implications are both obscure. In this essay I consider only the metaphysical elements of the theory, with the aim of determining whether it is possible that we live our lives infinitely many times, as the theory maintains. I argue that the possibility of eternal recurrence turns on issues in personal identity and the metaphysics of time. As I proceed, I also consider the relation between Nietzsche's theory of eternal recurrence and theories of recurrence found in the work of Heraclitus, the Pythagoreans, and the Stoics
Aesthetics · B-theory of time · Epistemology · Metaphysics · Personal identity · Self · Classical Philosophy and Thought · Computer Science · Nietzsche, Schopenhauer, and Hegel · Philosophical Ethics and Theory · Philosophy
Nietzsche as philosopher
Nietzsche, life as literature
Groundwork of the Metaphysics of Morals
Nietzsche's Existential Imperative
Nietzsche’s Eternal Recurrence as Riemannian Cosmology
Philosophical Problems of Space and Time
The Hellenistic Philosophers
The Affirmation of Life
Philosophical Problems of Space and Time
The Death of Nietzsche's Zarathustra
Nietzsche, Skepticism, and Eternal Recurrence
Nietzsche on Time and Becoming
Friedrich Nietzsche
The Art and Thought of Heraclitus
I.—the Unreality of Time
Time and Becoming in Nietzsche's Thought
The Presocratic philosophers
Nietzsche (Arguments of the Philosophers)
Time and becoming in Nietzsche's thought
The Structure of Time
| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 0,5 |
| Citation span | 2024 - 2024 (1) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |