15: On the Use and Abuse of History for Life
The Nietzsche Podcast
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Anica's Critical Criticism of the Modern Mind
Anica contrasts this with a the ancient greek, the hellenic idea of education. He says that an excess of history is dangerous to life in five different ways. Andnita: The whole of modern culture is essentially internal. On the outside, the bookbinder has printed something like handbook of inner culture for external barbarians. Anica: Only by filling and over filling ourselves with alien ages, customs, arts, philosophies, religions and knowledge do we become worthy of notice.
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