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Full Idea
What can be 'demonstrated' is of little worth.
Gist of Idea
What can be 'demonstrated' is of little worth
Source
Friedrich Nietzsche (The Will to Power (notebooks) [1888], §431)
Book Ref
Nietzsche,Friedrich: 'The Will to Power', ed/tr. Kaufmann,W /Hollingdate,R [Vintage 1968], p.235
A Reaction
He admits that some things can be demonstrated, and that they have some worth. But demonstration may be a matter of coherence, so that anything can be demonstrated, by assuming a range of ideas as being beyond demonstration.