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Full Idea
For a philosopher to see a problem in the value of life thus even constitutes an objection to him, a question-mark as to his wisdom, a piece of unwisdom.
Gist of Idea
A philosopher fails in wisdom if he thinks the value of life is a problem
Source
Friedrich Nietzsche (Twilight of the Idols [1889], 1.02)
Book Ref
Nietzsche,Friedrich: 'Twilight of the Idols and The Anti-Christ', ed/tr. Hollingdale,R.J. [Penguin 1972], p.30
A Reaction
I take his point to be neither that life is unquestionably valuable nor that it is valueless, but that the very question is ridiculous. If we live, we value living. Sounds right.
| 20243 | Human beings are not majestic, either through divine origins, or through grand aims [Nietzsche] |
| 2893 | In every age the wisest people have judged life to be worthless [Nietzsche] |
| 18308 | A philosopher fails in wisdom if he thinks the value of life is a problem [Nietzsche] |
| 2894 | Value judgements about life can never be true [Nietzsche] |
| 2895 | The value of life cannot be estimated [Nietzsche] |
| 18322 | When we establish values, that is life itself establishing them, through us [Nietzsche] |
| 18321 | To evaluate life one must know it, but also be situated outside of it [Nietzsche] |
| 23748 | The sacred in every human is their expectation of good rather than evil [Weil] |
| 20282 | The sanctity of a human life depends either on being of our species, or on being a person [Singer] |
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