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Reflections on "The Serpent Atop the Mountain"
“The Serpent Atop the Mountain” is a dialogue between two Victorian gentlemen, at least one of whom is something of an explorer. It...
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Reading "On the Use and Abuse of History," Sections 8-9
Last week, with sections 6 and 7 of “The Use and Abuse of History,” we went over some of Nietzsche's major criticisms of historical...
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Reading "On the Use and Abuse of History," Secs 6-7
In the middle sections of “The Use and Abuse of History for Life,” philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche gets into the discussion of his main...
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Reading "On the Use and Abuse of History," Secs. 4-5
And in this way my thesis is to be understood and considered: “only strong personalities can endure history, the weak are extinguished by...
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Reading "On the Use and Abuse of History," Secs 2 and 3
In the first section of “The Use and Abuse of History,” Nietzsche sets out the idea that the value of history is its value for life. That...
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Reading "On the Use and Abuse of History for Life," Preface & Sec. 1
“The Use and Abuse of History for Life” begins its preface with a quote from Goethe: “I hate everything that merely instructs me without...
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