To close the doors and windows of consciousness for a time; To remain undisturbed by the noise and struggle of our underworld of utility organs working with and against one another; A little quietness; A little tabula rasa of the consciousness; To make room for new thing, above all, for the nobler functions and functionary, for regulation, foresight, premeditation (for our organism is an oligarchy) - that is the purpose of active forgetfulness, which is like a doorkeeper, a preserver of psychic order, repose and etiquette; so that it will be immediately obvious how there could be no happiness, no cheerfulness, no hope, no pride, no present without forgetfulness.
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