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On Concentric Circles of Being Revisited: Friedrich Nietzsche and the Idea of Eternal Recurrence
Matti Itkonensubject
AestheticsPhilosophySubject (philosophy)NarrativeSpace (commercial competition)ConcentricPresent momentEpistemologydescription
The circle, or ouroboros, is a perfect shape: within its depths lie both the beginning and the end. Things are repeated; people encounter the same situations again and again. Concentricity dwells in the spirit of a place, as it does in the ‘I’ of a person. A memory can bring to life the circular nature of existence, allowing the subject to travel recurrently through previously realised pasts. Photographs and literature are also capable of transferring the bygone into the freshness of the present moment. The aesthetics of inhabited space is articulated in architectural shapes. It is an essential part of the collective national narrative, a cultural philosophy narrated into the fabric of being.
| year | journal | country | edition | language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012-01-01 |