he stumbled as if by chance into a crowded hall. .
and was rather unhappy in his medical studies at the time.. was perhaps seeking something different that day. He got precisely that. The professor, Frithjof Bergmann, was lecturing on something that Solomon had not yet been acquainted with. The professor spoke of how Nietzsche's idea asks the fundamental question: "If given the opportunity to live your life over and over again ad infinitum, forced to go through all of the pain and the grief of existence, would you be overcome with despair? Or would you fall to your knees in gratitude?"
he was so moved by the idea .. he that very day submitted his withdrawal from
Not Passion's Slave: Emotions and Choice?
