endless repetition of similar

Surrealist philosophy often aligns with the idea of cyclical or eternal time, as opposed to linear time. The works of Giorgio de Chirico illustrate a kind of eternal return, an endless repetition of similar scenes with subtle variations. His paintings, often set in timeless, deserted cityscapes, evoke a sense of déjà vu, an endless present De Chirico’s work suggests that time is not something we progress through but a state we are perpetually within. This echoes the Nietzschean concept of “eternal recurrence,” which posits that all events endlessly repeat. Through surrealist สล็อต