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Full Idea
The future task of the philosophers is the solution of the problem of value, the determination of the order of rank among values.
Gist of Idea
The main aim of philosophy must be to determine the order of rank among values
Source
Friedrich Nietzsche (On the Genealogy of Morals [1887], I.§17 note)
Book Ref
Nietzsche,Friedrich: 'On the Genealogy of Morals/ Ecce Homo', ed/tr. Kaufmann,Walter [Vintage 1969], p.56
A Reaction
'Determine' is presumably either a power struggle, or needs criteria by which to do the judging.