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Full Idea
'Truth' is the will to be master over the multiplicity of sensations.
Gist of Idea
'Truth' is the will to be master over the multiplicity of sensations
Source
Friedrich Nietzsche (The Will to Power (notebooks) [1888], §517)
Book Ref
Nietzsche,Friedrich: 'The Will to Power', ed/tr. Kaufmann,W /Hollingdate,R [Vintage 1968], p.280
A Reaction
I suspect that this is a nice explanation of why we value truth, but says nothing at all about what truth actually is. I can't think of a better explanation of why we value truth.