Description "While life needs the services of history, it must just as clearly be comprehended that an excess measure of History will do harm to the living," declares Friedrich Nietzsche in this cautionary polemic.
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The iconoclastic philosopher warns us about the dangers of an uncritical devotion to the study of the past, which leads to destructive and limiting results -- particularly in cases where long-ago events are exploited for nationalistic purposes.
Description "While life needs the services of history, it must just as clearly be comprehended that an excess measure of History will do harm to the living," declares Friedrich Nietzsche in this cautionary polemic