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Single Idea 4548

[filed under theme 3. Truth / A. Truth Problems / 7. Falsehood ]

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.