Full Idea
I held up eternal recurrence against the numbing feeling of general disintegration and imperfection.
Gist of Idea
My eternal recurrence is opposed to feeling fragmented and imperfect
Source
Friedrich Nietzsche (Unpublished Notebooks 1881-82 [1882], 24[28])
A Reaction
I've heard people say that they think Nietzsche was a nihilist. This is nonsense. His whole career was an opposition to nihilism. His excitement over the idea of recurrence is that he sees a real answer to nihilism. You have to value a recurring life.
Book Reference
Nietzsche,Friedrich: 'The Joyful Science, and 1881-82 fragments (v 6)', ed/tr. Del Caro,Adrian [Stanford 2023], p.599
Related Idea
Idea 24119 The eternal return of wastefulness is a terrible thought [Nietzsche]