Oh, how could I not be ardent for Eternity and for the marriage-ring of rings—the ring of the return?
The first appearance of the refrain that closes every seal.
- Eternal recurrenceRecurrence is named as a ring of marriage, something to be loved and willed.
- Affirmation (Yea-saying, amor fati)The ardent love of Eternity is the book's Yea given its fullest form.
What the critics said
Ludovici argues that Zarathustra, though Nietzsche's opus magnum, should not be read first: many chapters are nearly meaningless without knowledge of Nietzsche's life and friendships, and its philosophical views are best clarified by his other works, which he himself regarded as preparation for it.
Ludovici describes 'The Seven Seals' as Zarathustra's final paean to Eternity and to the marriage-ring of rings, the ring of the Eternal Recurrence.