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Full Idea
Only because there is thought is there untruth.
Gist of Idea
Only because there is thought is there untruth
Source
Friedrich Nietzsche (The Will to Power (notebooks) [1888], §574)
Book Ref
Nietzsche,Friedrich: 'The Will to Power', ed/tr. Kaufmann,W /Hollingdate,R [Vintage 1968], p.309
A Reaction
A nicely oblique place to start in one's study of truth. Untruth is a very human contribution to the world, making virtually no sense of animal thought. Meta-thought seems to be required.