Eternal return

Let us imagine this thought in its worst form.

Existence as it is, without either a purpose or a goal, but inevitably recurring, without an end, in non-entity, eternal recurrence.

This is the extremist form of nihilism, nothing, purposelessness, eternal.

European form of Buddhism.

We deny final purposes.

If existence had a final purpose, it would have reached it.

It should be understood that what is being aimed at here is a contradiction of pantheism, for everything perfect, divine, eternal, also leads to the belief in eternal recurrence.

Question.

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A fresh week brings another unforgettable episode, capturing the eternal return, a history of music, documentaries and cultural memory.

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Indeed, eternal returns.

Mesmeric music documentaries have become such a significant part of how we experience and understand music history.

When did filmmakers first start seriously documenting musicians and their work?

And while this abundance creates new challenges around quality and attention, it also ensures that more musical stories will be preserved, more voices will be heard, and more audiences will discover the transformative power of music through the medium of film.

Very well said, Mr. Meg.

And welcome to Music 101, where sound, story and history come together to shape the music we know today.

A fresh week brings another unforgettable episode, capturing the eternal return, a history of music, documentaries and cultural memory.

yes this is the art of musical memory a conversation on music documentaries and what we'll do today is explore the evolution impact and artistry of music documentaries films that preserve performances reveal creative processes and shape how we understand musical legends and cultural moments in conclusion we are examining the wide variety of music documentaries that have preserved the past what has been described here as the eternal return

Indeed, eternal returns.

Mesmeric music documentaries have become such a significant part of how we experience and understand music history.

When did filmmakers first start seriously documenting musicians and their work?

And while this abundance creates new challenges around quality and attention, it also ensures that more musical stories will be preserved, more voices will be heard, and more audiences will discover the transformative power of music through the medium of film.

Very well said, Mr. Meg.

We've always been here now.

It's probably much closer to something like Nietzsche's Eternal Return.

you know, I think.

And in terms of the traditions, the religions, all that, people are talking about it being in the past, but it's happening now, right? Because people are interpreting these things into their lives and overlaying their symbol sets onto their experiences, whether it's evangelical Christianity or, you know, whatever, or, you know, esoteric Vajrayana or whatever, you know, it's like it's happening now.

I'm your host, as always, Ricardo Lopes, and today I'm joined by Dr. Neil Sinababu.

He's an associate professor in the Department of Philosophy at the National University of Singapore, and today we're talking about his book, Nietzsche on the Eternal Recurrence.

So, Neil, welcome to the show.

It's a pleasure to everyone.

Hello,

viewers.

So first, to start off with, what is really the idea of the eternal return or the eternal recurrence? I mean, could you explain it to us?

Yes, the idea is that the universe will go in a sort of cyclical fashion where everything that happened before, well, we'll have these lives that we have right now, we've had them many times before, we'll have them many times again.

And that transformation is then driven in Thus Begs Out of Tustra through this most challenging of doctrines, the doctrine of eternal, which is going to be the mechanism, as I think it's suggested, by which we would achieve this transformation.

That feels like a whole podcast conversation in itself, just on that one doctrine of eternal recurrence.

Oh,

gosh, it is.

They've undertaken their own journey and they've gotten there at last.

So those are the best emails to get, I can tell you.

I'm sure, and almost one of those texts where you have to do this eternal recurrence thing and keep coming back to it.

Each time you come back and circle in, you'll take more or something different.

Let us imagine this thought in its worst form.

Existence as it is, without either a purpose or a goal, but inevitably recurring, without an end, in non-entity, eternal recurrence.

This is the extremist form of nihilism, nothing, purposelessness, eternal.

European form of Buddhism.

We deny final purposes.

If existence had a final purpose, it would have reached it.

It should be understood that what is being aimed at here is a contradiction of pantheism, for everything perfect, divine, eternal, also leads to the belief in eternal recurrence.

Question.

Let us imagine this thought in its worst form.

Existence as it is, without either a purpose or a goal, but inevitably recurring without an end in non-entity, eternal recurrence.

This is the extremist form of nihilism, nothing, purposelessness, eternal.

European form of Buddhism.

We deny final purposes.

If existence had a final purpose, it would have reached it.

It should be understood that what is being aimed at here is a contradiction of pantheism, for everything perfect, divine, eternal, also leads to the belief in eternal recurrence.

Question.