Heroes
Overthink
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The Importance of Monumental History
Nietzsche says life requires the service of history, but he thinks that we often focus too much on history. He identifies a few different kinds of history which are needed differently depending on the time and the context. In his view, monumental history focuses on the actions of great people or to use the gender term, great men in the past,. That is heroes. When we focus on the history of these heroes from the past, we come to see that greatness is possible and we are inspired ourselves to create something great.
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