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1、ATTNIanAdams:YourNeitzcheSubject:ATTNIanAdams:YourNeitzcheDate:Wed,18Jul200108:38:40-0400From:"bakerstreet"Organization:Giganews.Com-PremiumNewsOutsourcingNewsgroups:alt.binaries.e-book.floodTheUseandAbuseofHistory(1878)ByFriedrichNietzscheForward"Incidentally,Idespisee
2、verythingwhichmerelyinstructsmewithoutincreasingorimmediatelyenliveningmyactivity."TheseareGoethe'swords.Withthem,aswithaheartfeltexpressionofCeterumcenseo[Ijudgeotherwise],ourconsiderationoftheworthandtheworthlessnessofhistorymaybegin.Forthisworkistosetdownwhy,inthespiritofGoethe'ssay
3、ing,wemustseriouslydespiseinstructionwithoutvitality,knowledgewhichenervatesactivity,andhistoryasanexpensivesurplusofknowledgeandaluxury,becausewelackwhatisstillmostessentialtousandbecausewhatissuperfluousishostiletowhatisessential.Tobesure,weneedhistory.Butweneeditinamannerdifferentfr
4、omthewayinwhichthespoiltidlerinthegardenofknowledgeusesit,nomatterhowelegantlyhemaylookdownonourcoarseandgracelessneedsanddistresses.Thatis,weneeditforlifeandaction,notforacomfortableturningawayfromlifeandactionormerelyforglossingovertheegotisticallifeandthecowardlybadact.Wewishtousehi
5、storyonlyinsofarasitservesliving.Butthereisadegreeofdoinghistoryandavaluingofitthroughwhichlifeatrophiesanddegenerates.Tobringthisphenomenontolightasaremarkablesymptomofourtimeiseverybitasnecessaryasitmaybepainful.Ihavetriedtodescribeafeelingwhichhasoftenenoughtormentedme.Itakemyreveng
6、eonthisfeelingwhenIexposeittothegeneralpublic.PerhapswithsuchadescriptionsomeoneorotherwillhavereasontopointouttomethathealsoknowsthisparticularsensationbutthatIhavenotfeltitwithsufficientpurityandnaturalnessanddefinitelyhavenotexpressedmyselfwiththeappropriatecertaintyandmatureexperie
7、nce.Perhapsoneortwowillrespondinthisway.However,mostpeoplewilltellmethatthisfeelingistotallywrong,unnatural,abominable,andabsolutelyforbidden,thatwithit,infact,Ihaveshownmyselfunworthyofthepowerfulhistoricaltendencyofthetimes,asithasbeen,bycommonknowledge,observedforthepasttwogenerat
