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Single Idea 24131

[filed under theme 7. Existence / A. Nature of Existence / 3. Being / i. Deflating being ]

Full Idea

'Being' is unprovable, because there is no 'being'. The concept of being is formed out of the opposition to 'nothingness'.

Gist of Idea

There is no 'being'; it is just the opposition to nothingness

Source

Friedrich Nietzsche (Unpublished Notebooks 1884-85 [1884], 25[185])

Book Ref

Nietzsche,Friedrich: 'Fragments from 1884-85 (v 15)', ed/tr. Loeb,P.S./Tinsley,D.F. [Stanford 2022], p.54

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A Reaction

Presumably a comment on Hegel's most basic idea. I find both thoughts bewildering. 'Being' is just a generalised (and unhelpful) way of referring to the self-evident existence of stuff.