73: The Power to Forget
The Nietzsche Podcast
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The Power of Forgetfulness
In this chapter, they discuss Nietzsche's perspective on forgetfulness as an active and positive faculty of repression. They explain how forgetfulness is not just a gap in memory, but a force that facilitates the digestion and processing of experiences, similar to how the stomach digests food. They explore Nietzsche's analogy of forgetfulness as a doorkeeper that preserves psychic order and etiquette, allowing for happiness, cheerfulness, hope, and pride.
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