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An appraisal of Nietzsche’s philosophical concept of amor fati: A potentially useful psychological construct in the study of positive human existence?

“…will always, simply, and exuberantly be, an active "Yes!" (Hamilton, 2000;IJsseling, 2001;Kurtz, 1977). Even if the test of the eternal recurrence represents an abysmal or horrifying thought, the answer to it remains a resounding affirmation of all of life (de Huszar, 1945; see also, Merrick, 2016).…”

“…Despite any pain and suffering one might have experienced in life, embracing amor fati would lead us to appreciate the idea that “I am who I am, the fruit—in part—of my past, and I seek to get on with things as they are, [I] am not forever looking over my shoulder to what might have been” (Hamilton, 2000, p. 183). In Emersonian terms, it is to attune oneself to the necessity of pain and suffering in one’s life (Zavatta, 2019; a view also found within Buddhism; Bodhi, 2005; Suzuki, 1964).…”

“…In Emersonian terms, it is to attune oneself to the necessity of pain and suffering in one’s life (Zavatta, 2019; a view also found within Buddhism; Bodhi, 2005; Suzuki, 1964). Indeed, the necessary and sufficient rejoinder to the eternal question of “Why?” will always, simply, and exuberantly be, an active “Yes!” (Hamilton, 2000; IJsseling, 2001; Kurtz, 1977). Even if the test of the eternal recurrence represents an abysmal or horrifying thought, the answer to it remains a resounding affirmation of all of life (de Huszar, 1945; see also, Merrick, 2016).…”