Single Idea 4541

[catalogued under 2. Reason / B. Laws of Thought / 6. Ockham's Razor]

Full Idea

Everything simple is merely imaginary.

Gist of Idea

Everything simple is merely imaginary

Source

Friedrich Nietzsche (The Will to Power (notebooks) [1888], §536)

Book Reference

Nietzsche,Friedrich: 'The Will to Power', ed/tr. Kaufmann,W /Hollingdate,R [Vintage 1968], p.291


A Reaction

A wonderful aphorism. This is one's worst fear, which is why it is suggested that ontological O's R is bad, though epistemological O's R ('be cautious') is fine. I have to admit that I have no idea whether reality is simple.