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Single Idea 14875
[filed under theme 11. Knowledge Aims / A. Knowledge / 4. Belief / a. Beliefs
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Full Idea
The human being starts to believe when he ceases to know. …Knowledge is not as important for the welfare of human beings as is belief.
Gist of Idea
Belief matters more than knowledge, and only begins when knowledge ceases
Source
Friedrich Nietzsche (Unpublished Notebooks 1872-74 [1873], 21 [13])
Book Ref
Nietzsche,Friedrich: 'Unpublished of 'Unfashionable Obs' period (v 11)', ed/tr. Gray,Richard T. [Stanford 1995], p.104
A Reaction
The first idea is now associated with Williamson (and Hossack). The second is something like the pragmatic view of belief espoused by Ramsey.
Related Ideas
Idea 3212
Beliefs are maps by which we steer [Ramsey]
Idea 4760
Belief aims at knowledge (rather than truth), and mere believing is a kind of botched knowing [Williamson]
The
30 ideas
from 'Unpublished Notebooks 1872-74'
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14859
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If philosophy controls science, then it has to determine its scope, and its value
[Nietzsche]
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14860
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Kant has undermined our belief in metaphysics
[Nietzsche]
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14861
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Philosophy ennobles the world, by producing an artistic conception of our knowledge
[Nietzsche]
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14862
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Philosophy is more valuable than much of science, because of its beauty
[Nietzsche]
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14863
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Unlike science, true wisdom involves good taste
[Nietzsche]
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14864
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The Greeks lack a normative theology: each person has their own poetic view of things
[Nietzsche]
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14865
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We do not know the nature of one single causality
[Nietzsche]
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14866
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It always remains possible that the world just is the way it appears
[Nietzsche]
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14867
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It is just madness to think that the mind is supernatural (or even divine!)
[Nietzsche]
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14868
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Our primary faculty is perception of structure, as when looking in a mirror
[Nietzsche]
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14869
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If some sort of experience is at the root of matter, then human knowledge is close to its essence
[Nietzsche]
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14870
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We experience causation between willing and acting, and thereby explain conjunctions of changes
[Nietzsche]
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14871
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Laws of nature are merely complex networks of relations
[Nietzsche]
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14872
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Our knowledge is illogical, because it rests on false identities between things
[Nietzsche]
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14873
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If we find a hypothesis that explains many things, we conclude that it explains everything
[Nietzsche]
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14875
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Belief matters more than knowledge, and only begins when knowledge ceases
[Nietzsche]
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14876
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Philosophy is always secondary, because it cannot support a popular culture
[Nietzsche]
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14878
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It would better if there was no thought
[Nietzsche]
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14880
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Logic is just slavery to language
[Nietzsche]
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14879
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The most extreme scepticism is when you even give up logic
[Nietzsche]
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14881
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Why do people want philosophers?
[Nietzsche]
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14882
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Protest against vivisection - living things should not become objects of scientific investigation
[Nietzsche]
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14883
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We should evaluate the past morally
[Nietzsche]
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14884
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The shortest path to happiness is forgetfulness, the path of animals (but of little value)
[Nietzsche]
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14885
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The first aim of a philosopher is a life, not some works
[Nietzsche]
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14886
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Education is contrary to human nature
[Nietzsche]
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14887
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You should only develop a philosophy if you are willing to live by it
[Nietzsche]
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14888
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Wisdom prevents us from being ruled by the moment
[Nietzsche]
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14889
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Philosophy is pointless if it does not advocate, and live, a new way of life
[Nietzsche]
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14890
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Suffering is the meaning of existence
[Nietzsche]
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