Single Idea 4545

[catalogued under 2. Reason / A. Nature of Reason / 5. Objectivity]

Full Idea

Could not the objective character of things be merely a difference of degree within the subjective?

Gist of Idea

Could not the objective character of things be merely a difference of degree within the subjective?

Source

Friedrich Nietzsche (The Will to Power (notebooks) [1888], §560)

Book Reference

Nietzsche,Friedrich: 'The Will to Power', ed/tr. Kaufmann,W /Hollingdate,R [Vintage 1968], p.303


A Reaction

A reasonable speculation. I begin to feel my opinions are objective if they are reinforced by the agreement of others. One can believe in the facts, but despair of objectivity. It is called 'scepticism'. Buf cf. T.Nagel.