... times. However, he does believe that history can be employed to modernity when adopting only the "strengths of the past" as opposed to historic weaknesses (Nietzsche, 34). The author develops his argument by using the animal's ability to forget or "live unhistorically," as a demonstration of pursuing happiness by living in the present (Nietzsche, 34). In contrast, Nietzsche ... with Nietzsche's belief in forgetting history because it eliminates the qualitative and progressive differences between history and modernity. Instead Nietzsche believes history is a threat to modern man's happin...

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