“Forgetfulness is no mere vis inertiae, as the superficial believe; it is rather an active – in the strictest sense positive – inhibiting capacity… To shut the doors and windows of consciousness for a while; not to be bothered by the noise and battle caused by our underworld of obedient organs as they work with and against each other; a little peace, a little tabula rasa of consciousness to make room for something new, to make room above all for the nobler functions and functionaries - those of governing, predicting, predetermining (since our organism is structured as an oligarchy) - that, as I said, is the benefit of active forgetfulness, an active forgetfulness whose function resemble that of a doorkeeper or a guardian preserving mental order, calm and decorum. On this basis, one can immediately see how there could be no happiness, cheerfulness, hope, pride, immediacy, without forgetfulness.” ― Friedrich Nietzsche, On the Genealogy of Morals
Posted on: Mon, 10 Jun 2013 23:25:36 +0000
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