I do not know what meaning classical studies could have for our time if they were not untimely—that is to say, acting counter to our time and thereby acting on our time and, let us hope, for the benefit of a time to come.
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“On the uses and disadvantages of history for life,” R. Hollingdale, trans. (1983), § 2.0, p. 60Friedrich Nietzsche
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