"It is true that man can only become man by first suppressing this unhistorical element in his thoughts, comparisons, distinctions, and conclusions, letting a clear sudden light break through these misty clouds by his power of turning the past to the uses of the present. But an excess of history makes him flag again, while without the veil of the unhistorical he would never have the courage to begin."
- Nietzsche, “Use and Abuse of History”
Lilith talks death and shunning with Uncle John
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Lilith and I walked to the entrance to the Temple this morning to see Uncle
John. Uncle John is younger than I am, but after he started calling me
aunty a...
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