14 - Nietzsche on the Dangers of History
Cost of Glory
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The Importance of History for Life
History as an academic subject is very different from useful military intelligence. Alexander didn't do a master's degree in persian studies before embarking on his great campaigns, how much of roman history? I mean, what really happened? Objectively speaking, did sertorius know what of spanish history before he conquered spain? What was there even to know? Nitya had thought about all this, and he wrote a short book entitled on the advantage and disadvantage of history for life.
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