Cambridge University Press (
2025)
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Abstract
Table of Contents:
1. The introduction of infinities
2. Gay Science 341, “The greatest weight”, considers infinite value
3. The argument of KSA 11:11:38[12] anticipates Poincaré’s theorem
4. “The Soothsayer” envisions the dark side of eternal recurrence
5. “On Redemption” tells of the will’s struggle with the past
6. “The Stillest Hour” struggles to speak of infinite negative value
7. “On The Vision and the Riddle” envisions the cosmology
8. “The Convalescent” has animals proclaiming recurrence
9. “The Other Dancing Song” expresses love of life
10. “Once More” and “The Drunken Song” sing of infinities
11. “The Seven Seals” proposes marriage to Eternity
12. Part IV pits Zarathustra against the soothsayer
13. “The Ass Festival” celebrates worldly value