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Nietzsche - On the Genealogy of Morals - Pain is the most powerful aid to mnemonics
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003808
Type of Spiritual Experience
Background
A description of the experience
Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche – On the Genealogy of Morals
Man could never do without blood, torture and sacrifices when he felt the need to create a memory for himself; the most dreadful sacrifices and pledges – sacrifices of the first born among them; the most repulsive mutilations – castration for example; the cruellest rites of all the religious cults - and all religions are at the deepest level systems of cruelties; all this has its origin in the instinct that realised that pain is the most powerful aid to mnemonics
The source of the experience
Nietzsche, Friedrich WilhelmConcepts, symbols and science items
Symbols
Science Items
Activities and commonsteps
Activities
Overloads
Lead poisoningLoneliness and isolation
Suppressions
Beauty, art and musicOpium
Suppressing memory