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| Friedrich Nietzsche (1844-1900) |
This month our selection is Nietzsche's "On the Advantage and Disadvantage of History for Life." The piece is early Nietzsche and forms part of his Untimely Meditations. Nietzsche puts History in three categories, which he calls monumental, antiquarian, and critical. These categories will serve as a springboard to our discussion. Some have critiqued the essay on the basis of a lack of examples. Gentle readers, on Monday I will ask if we can address this shortcoming.
