“Were a man to be totally deprived of memory, he would be incapable of forming any just opinion.”
There is the memory of a singles person’s life, that of whole nations and tribes, and the collective memory of all humanity.
In all cases, to forget what has gone before is to deny the light of day to wisdom, learning, and justice.
It is as if we have just dropped down from the trees for the very first time, and begin all over again to walk upright.