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Single Idea 14865

[filed under theme 26. Natural Theory / C. Causation / 3. Final causes ]

Full Idea

We do not know the nature of one single causality.

Gist of Idea

We do not know the nature of one single causality

Source

Friedrich Nietzsche (Unpublished Notebooks 1872-74 [1873], 19 [121])

Book Ref

Nietzsche,Friedrich: 'Unpublished of 'Unfashionable Obs' period (v 11)', ed/tr. Gray,Richard T. [Stanford 1995], p.41

The 30 ideas from 'Unpublished Notebooks 1872-74'

14859 If philosophy controls science, then it has to determine its scope, and its value [Nietzsche]
14860 Kant has undermined our belief in metaphysics [Nietzsche]
14861 Philosophy ennobles the world, by producing an artistic conception of our knowledge [Nietzsche]
14862 Philosophy is more valuable than much of science, because of its beauty [Nietzsche]
14863 Unlike science, true wisdom involves good taste [Nietzsche]
14864 The Greeks lack a normative theology: each person has their own poetic view of things [Nietzsche]
14865 We do not know the nature of one single causality [Nietzsche]
14866 It always remains possible that the world just is the way it appears [Nietzsche]
14867 It is just madness to think that the mind is supernatural (or even divine!) [Nietzsche]
14868 Our primary faculty is perception of structure, as when looking in a mirror [Nietzsche]
14869 If some sort of experience is at the root of matter, then human knowledge is close to its essence [Nietzsche]
14870 We experience causation between willing and acting, and thereby explain conjunctions of changes [Nietzsche]
14871 Laws of nature are merely complex networks of relations [Nietzsche]
14872 Our knowledge is illogical, because it rests on false identities between things [Nietzsche]
14873 If we find a hypothesis that explains many things, we conclude that it explains everything [Nietzsche]
14875 Belief matters more than knowledge, and only begins when knowledge ceases [Nietzsche]
14876 Philosophy is always secondary, because it cannot support a popular culture [Nietzsche]
14878 It would better if there was no thought [Nietzsche]
14880 Logic is just slavery to language [Nietzsche]
14879 The most extreme scepticism is when you even give up logic [Nietzsche]
14881 Why do people want philosophers? [Nietzsche]
14882 Protest against vivisection - living things should not become objects of scientific investigation [Nietzsche]
14883 We should evaluate the past morally [Nietzsche]
14884 The shortest path to happiness is forgetfulness, the path of animals (but of little value) [Nietzsche]
14885 The first aim of a philosopher is a life, not some works [Nietzsche]
14886 Education is contrary to human nature [Nietzsche]
14887 You should only develop a philosophy if you are willing to live by it [Nietzsche]
14888 Wisdom prevents us from being ruled by the moment [Nietzsche]
14889 Philosophy is pointless if it does not advocate, and live, a new way of life [Nietzsche]
14890 Suffering is the meaning of existence [Nietzsche]