Title
A Timely Untimely Education
Description
Audio recording of a lecture given by Dean Sarah Davis on August 25, 2023 as part of the Dean's Lecture & Concert Series. The Dean's Office has provided this description of the event: “I hate everything that merely instructs me without augmenting or directly invigorating my activity.” Nietzsche opens “The Advantage and Disadvantage of History for Life” with this quote from Goethe. It appropriately frames Nietzsche’s own meditation, which does not just walk us through different ways to relate to the past, giving us a schema for making sense of history, but invigorates and leads to a quickening within us. But how? This lecture investigates Nietzsche’s claim that the “excess of history” in modern times compromises the health and vitality of human life. It then considers “The Advantage and Disadvantage of History for Life” itself as presenting an alternative way to relate to history. Finally, it asks how, if at all, this alternative informs a St. John’s education.
Creator
Publisher
Coverage
Santa Fe, NM
Date
2023-08-25
Rights
Meem Library has been given permission to make this item available online.
Type
sound
Format
mp3
Subject
Language
English
Identifier
SF_DavisS_A_Timely_Untimely_Education_2023-08-25
Original Format
m4a
Duration
00:54:21