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Walter Kaufmann on Fate

1921–1980 Germany

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Even if there were exceedingly few things in a finite space in an infinite time, they would not have to repeat in the same configurations. Suppose there were three wheels of equal size, rotating on the same axis, one point marked on the circumference of each wheel, and these three points lined up in one straight line. If the second wheel rotated twice as fast as the first, and if the speed of the third wheel was 1/π of the speed of the first, the initial line-up would never recur.

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Walter Kaufmann (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.