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Single Idea 20118
[filed under theme 15. Nature of Minds / B. Features of Minds / 1. Consciousness / e. Cause of consciousness
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Full Idea
Only conscious thinking takes the form of words, which is to say signs of communication, and this fact uncovers the origin of consciousness.
Gist of Idea
Only our conscious thought is verbal, and this shows the origin of consciousness
Source
Friedrich Nietzsche (The Gay (Joyful) Science [1882], §354)
Book Ref
Nietzsche,Friedrich: 'The Gay Science', ed/tr. Kaufmann,Walter [Vintage 1974], p.299
A Reaction
Chicken-and-egg question here. Persinally I take consciousnes to be associated with meta-thought, which bestows huge power, and I take language to arise from meta-thought.
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Only the need for communication has led to consciousness developing [Nietzsche]
The
33 ideas
from 'The Gay (Joyful) Science'
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Nietzsche's perspectivism says our worldview depends on our personality
[Nietzsche, by Fogelin]
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4275
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You cannot advocate joyful wisdom while rejecting pity, because the two are complementary
[Scruton on Nietzsche]
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20125
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The ethical teacher exists to give purpose to what happens necessarily and without purpose
[Nietzsche]
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20198
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Many virtues are harmful traps, but that is why other people praise them
[Nietzsche]
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9306
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To ward off boredom at any cost is vulgar
[Nietzsche]
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20126
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The strength of knowledge is not its truth, but its entrenchment in our culture
[Nietzsche]
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24076
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A morality ranks human drives and actions, for the sake of the herd, and subordinating individuals
[Nietzsche]
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4423
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We assume causes, geometry, motion, bodies etc to live, but they haven't been proved
[Nietzsche]
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2931
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God is dead, and we have killed him
[Nietzsche]
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24077
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Necessity is thought to require an event, but is only an after-effect of the event
[Nietzsche]
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24078
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Thoughts cannot be fully reproduced in words
[Nietzsche]
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24079
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The best life is the dangerous life
[Nietzsche]
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24080
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We should give style to our character - by applying an artistic plan to its strengths and weaknesses
[Nietzsche]
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20141
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Higher human beings see and hear far more than others, and do it more thoughtfully
[Nietzsche]
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24081
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Most of our intellectual activity is unconscious
[Nietzsche]
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2933
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Why do you listen to the voice of your conscience?
[Nietzsche]
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2934
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To see one's own judgement as a universal law is selfish
[Nietzsche]
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2935
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No two actions are the same
[Nietzsche]
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2932
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'Know thyself' is impossible and ridiculous
[Nietzsche]
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2936
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Imagine if before each of your actions you had to accept repeating the action over and over again
[Nietzsche]
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6842
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Nietzsche says facing up to the eternal return of meaninglessness is the response to nihilism
[Nietzsche, by Critchley]
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24082
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Is the will to truth the desire to avoid deception?
[Nietzsche]
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22471
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Nietzsche thought it 'childish' to say morality isn't binding because it varies between cultures
[Nietzsche, by Foot]
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20121
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Grammar only reveals popular metaphysics
[Nietzsche]
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20119
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We became increasingly conscious of our sense impressions in order to communicate them
[Nietzsche]
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20122
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We have no organ for knowledge or truth; we only 'know' what is useful to the human herd
[Nietzsche]
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20118
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Only our conscious thought is verbal, and this shows the origin of consciousness
[Nietzsche]
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20115
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All of our normal mental life could be conducted without consciousness
[Nietzsche]
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20117
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Only the need for communication has led to consciousness developing
[Nietzsche]
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20116
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Most of our lives, even the important parts, take place outside of consciousness
[Nietzsche]
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20120
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Whatever moves into consciousness becomes thereby much more superficial
[Nietzsche]
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20360
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We Germans value becoming and development more highly than mere being of what 'is'
[Nietzsche]
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24083
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It would be absurd to say we are only permitted our own single perspective
[Nietzsche]
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