more from Friedrich Nietzsche

Single Idea 14868

[catalogued under 15. Nature of Minds / C. Capacities of Minds / 1. Faculties]

Full Idea

The primary faculty seems to me to be the perception of structure, that is, based upon the mirror.

Gist of Idea

Our primary faculty is perception of structure, as when looking in a mirror

Source

Friedrich Nietzsche (Unpublished Writings 1872-74 [1873], 19 [153])

Book Reference

Nietzsche,Friedrich: 'Unpublished Writings of 'Unfashionable Obs' period', ed/tr. Gray,Richard T. [Stanford 1995], p.49


A Reaction

The point about the mirror makes this such an intriguingly original idea. Personally I like very much the idea that structure is our prime perception. See Sider 2011 on structure.