...between the trees, and even this moment and I myself. The eternal hourglass of existence is turned over again and again— and you with it, speck of dust!"...have I heard anything more divine!" If this thought were to gain possession of you, it would change you as you are, or perhaps crush you. The question...

...Would you not throw yourself down . . . and curse the demon who spoke thus? Or did you once experience a tremendous moment when you would have answered him,..."You are a god and never have I heard anything more godly." . . . How well disposed would you have to become to yourself and to life to crave nothing more...

...throw yourself down and gnash your teeth and curse the demon who spoke thus? Or did you once experience a tremendous moment when you would have answered him,..."You are a god, and never have I heard anything more godly." If this thought were to gain possession of you, it would change you, as you are, or perhaps...

..."as-if" version, by the testing "demon" — Nietzsche leaves room for only two possible responses: Would you not throw yourself down and gnash your teeth...'You are a god and never have I heard anything more divine.'(GS 341) Nietzsche does not allow for the indifferent or objective reaction which is the appropriate...

...I myself. The eternal hourglassof existence is turned over and over, and you with it, a dust grain of dust." Would you not throw yourself down and gnash..."You are a god, and never have I heard anything more godly." If this thought were to gain possession of you. it would transform you, as you are, or perhaps...

...the demon who spoke thus? Or have you ever experienced a moment so tremendous that you would reply: "You are a god and never have I heard anything more divine!" If that thought gained power over you, it would, as you are now, transform or perhaps crush you; the question:...

...or great in your life will have to return to you, all in the same succession and sequence — even this spider and this moonlight between the trees,...possession of you, it would change you as you are and perhaps crush you. The question in each and every thing, "Do you desire this once more and innumerable...

...unutterably small and great in your life will return to you, all in the same succession and sequence. . . ." Would you not throw yourself down and gnash your teeth...have I heard anything more divine?" If this thought were to gain possession of you, it would change you as you are, or perhaps crush you. The question...

...Greatest Weight." Would you curse the demon that informed you of the eternal recurrence, asked Nietzsche, "or have you once experienced a tremendous moment...a god and never have I heard anything more divine' " (GS 273-74). To experience the eternal recurrence is to know that its affirmation can have no substitute....

...even this moment and I myself. The eternal hourglass of existence is turned over and over — a grain of dust!" Would you not throw yourself down and gnash...would have answered him: "You are a god and never did I hear anything more godlike!" If this thought were to gain possession of you, it would change...