15: On the Use and Abuse of History for Life
The Nietzsche Podcast
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The Age of the Modern Man - The Only Difference Is the Medium
Nica says that the modern man has become a spectator, merely enjoying himself and strolling around. He goes on to say it appears almost impossible to elicit a strong, full sound. And in the next moment, it already echoes away. Strengthless in historically subdued vapors. In moral language, you no longer succeed in holding fast the sublime. Your deeds are sudden claps, not rolling thunder. Does any of that sound familiar? Mean, the only difference is that now we transform wars and great historical events, not into paper, but into bits of dataan at least not primarily. Increasingly, to lose this sense of surprise, no longer to be excessively astonished by anything. Finally
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