Nietzsche,Freud and Memory Nietzsche states in "On the Genealogy of Morality"(1887) that nature endowed us with ability to forget,but

in the sa e ti e,!arado"ically,"breeds an ani al with the !rerogati#e to !ro ise"$%cti#e forgetfulness is necessary to aintain our ental order&it is su!!ressing our !ercei#ed e"!eriences to a'e us able to co!e with the world$(here is "a counter)de#ice, e ory,with the hel! of which forgetfulness can be sus!ended in certain cases"$ Me ory,in addition to a'e !ro ises !ossible,is also the " active desire not to let go"&it is in fact "the wills memory".(o be acti#e eans to affect the future,but this re*uire causal thin'ing and distinguishing between accidental and designed$(he result is the an who is reliable,regular and who is able to calculate and co !ute$(his was ade by "techni*ue of ne onics" which uses !ain to a'e so ething unforgettable$Ma'ing e ory eans inflicting !ain on yourself or so eone else$ +hen we thin' of oursel#es as a beings with the free will,we are relying on our e ory in which the chain of !re#ious will,s e"ist$-efore we were ani als with instincts,now we are res!onsible agents disci!lined by " social straitjacket" i !osed on us by the orality of custo $ +e,autono ous and su!ra)ethical, eaning abo#e the custo s and free)what good do we ha#e fro e ory.Nietzsche sees nothing good in that$Our instinct,will to !ower,will be internalized and a'e us suffer e#en ore$%nd our e ory,as the chain of will,is in fact the chain of tor ents $+ithout the e ory,we would be able to li#e in the !resent o ent e"ercising our truly free instincts at the e"!ense of society$ /o,we see the !arado" of nature)hu an beings willing to li#e in co unity and wanting to act on instinct$ 0reud saw in this !arado"ical situation the ain cause for the ental disturbances$1n "Civilization and Its Discontent"(1232) he highlights the distinction between "ordinary forgetting signified (by) destr ction or annihilation of the memory!trace",and !sycho)analytical #ision of forgetting as re!ression$4ainful e"!eriences are buried in the unconscious and ne#er forgotten$(hey anifest the self as the sy !to s of diseases$ 5e was under the influence of the !hysics of his ti e,so he e"!lains the ental !rocesses in ter s of energy and it,s conser#ation$/e"ual energy,the libido,can ne#er be destroyed$1n one o ent it is !laced in the unconscious in the for of e ory,at the other it is discharged as re!eating in#oluntary action&or as the drea &or as so ething else$ 6ust li'e the indi#idual has his !sychological organization,so does the society$(he i !ressions left by so e great !ersonalities are the originators of the su!er)ego of the e!och,states 0reud$7o on e ory of society gi#es rise to the conscience of that sa e society$Me ories of the !ri ordial father is the e"a !le for the fate of 6esus 7hrist,and !ossibly the other religions$ 0reud considers ental disturbances curable& the cause ,that lies in the

e ory ,has to be ade conscious by regression through !sychoanalytical !rocedure$0reud saw in the e ory so e 'ind of hel! for ental health$8#ery e"!erience that is will be !ainful tuc'ed away in the unconscious by the censorshi! of ental a!!aratus$1t will ree erge again as disease,but it is treatable by accessing the e ory $ Nietzsche,on the other hand,saw e ory as funda ental for de#elo! ent of autono ous indi#idual with free will$-ut,truly free indi#idual is in fact the ani al with will to !ower" e ory is not re*uired$ #rederich $ietzsche""%n the &enealogy of 'orality"(())*) +igm nd #re d,"Civilization and Its Discontent"(1232)