Single Idea 24112

[catalogued under 7. Existence / A. Nature of Existence / 3. Being / i. Deflating being]

Full Idea

We are in the process of figuring out the being of things: consequently we must already have an opinion as to what being is. This can be an error! E.g., I.

Gist of Idea

To think about being we must have an opinion about what it is

Source

Friedrich Nietzsche (Unpublished Notebooks 1882-84 [1883], 9[41])

Book Reference

Nietzsche,Friedrich: 'Fragments from the period of 'Zarathustra' (v 14)', ed/tr. Loeb/Tinsley [Stanford 2019], p.318


A Reaction

The point of 'I' is that we unquestioningly think the self is a given aspect of being, as in Descartes.