by Alexandria Miller Friedrich Nietzsche’s On the Advantage and Disadvantage of History for Life (in the original German, Vom Nutzen und Nachteil der Historie für das Leben), written in 1874 as part of his second “Untimely Meditation,” has been read not only as an essay on the crisis of historical culture, but also as a… Continue Reading On the Advantage and Disadvantage of History for Life
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On Truth and Lies in an Extra-Moral Sense
by Stephen Gilb The 1873 “On Truth and Lies in an Extra-Moral Sense” (“Über Wahrheit und Lüge im außermoralischen Sinn”) was one of Friedrich Nietzsche’s early works, and he was originally unable to have it published. Though it precedes many of his more well-known writings, it is considered by some scholars to be a cornerstone… Continue Reading On Truth and Lies in an Extra-Moral Sense
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“On Truth and Lies in an Extra-Moral Sense” “On the Advantage and Disadvantage of History for Life”