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Single Idea 4523

[filed under theme 2. Reason / A. Nature of Reason / 9. Limits of Reason ]

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.