more on this theme | more from this thinker
Full Idea
All the supreme problems of value are beyond human reason. …To grasp the limits of human reason, only this is philosophy.
Gist of Idea
Philosophy grasps the limits of human reason, and values are beyond it
Source
Friedrich Nietzsche (The Anti-Christ [1889], 55)
Book Ref
Nietzsche,Friedrich: 'Twilight of the Idols and The Anti-Christ', ed/tr. Hollingdale,R.J. [Penguin 1972], p.174
A Reaction
The single most powerful idea in the writings of Nietzsche. Reason and truth are values. Why do we value philosophy? There is no escaping Nietzsche's question.
| 20375 | Virtues must be highly personal; if not, it is merely respect for a concept [Nietzsche] |
| 20138 | Christianity is at war with the higher type of man, and excommunicates his basic instincts [Nietzsche] |
| 2915 | Each person should devise his own virtues and categorical imperative [Nietzsche] |
| 2916 | The great lie of immortality destroys rationality and natural instinct [Nietzsche] |
| 2917 | Christianity is a revolt of things crawling on the ground against elevated things [Nietzsche] |
| 2918 | The story in Genesis is the story of God's fear of science [Nietzsche] |
| 23520 | Truth has had to be fought for, and normal life must be sacrificed to achieve it [Nietzsche] |
| 2920 | A God who cures us of a head cold at the right moment is a total absurdity [Nietzsche] |
| 2919 | 'Faith' means not wanting to know what is true [Nietzsche] |
| 2921 | Philosophy grasps the limits of human reason, and values are beyond it [Nietzsche] |
| 2922 | All intelligent Romans were Epicureans [Nietzsche] |
| 2914 | One must never ask whether truth is useful [Nietzsche] |