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Full Idea
The most terrible thought of an eternal return of wastefulness.
Gist of Idea
The eternal return of wastefulness is a terrible thought
Source
Friedrich Nietzsche (Unpublished Notebooks 1881-82 [1882], 20[02])
Book Ref
Nietzsche,Friedrich: 'The Joyful Science, and 1881-82 fragments (v 6)', ed/tr. Del Caro,Adrian [Stanford 2023], p.532
A Reaction
This illuminates quite well his notion of eternal recurrence. Not only what you would do in an eternally recurring life, but what you would avoid.