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Also sprach Zarathustra (Thus Spake Zarathustra) influenced Dark
Added by · 3 August 2026
The influence
Also sprach Zarathustra Thus Spake Zarathustra
Book · 1883
The work it shaped
Dark
TV Series · 2017
The evidence
The biggest philosophical influence. Themes include:
- Eternal recurrence ("everything repeats.")
- Fate versus free will.
- The possibility of escaping cyclical existence.
The series repeatedly quotes Nietzsche and builds much of its structure around these ideas.
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