more from Friedrich Nietzsche

Single Idea 7134

[catalogued under 10. Modality / A. Necessity / 2. Nature of Necessity]

Full Idea

Something can be irrefutable; that doesn't make it true.

Gist of Idea

Something can be irrefutable; that doesn't make it true

Source

Friedrich Nietzsche (Writings from Late Notebooks [1887], 34[247])

Book Reference

Nietzsche,Friedrich: 'Writings from the Late Notebooks', ed/tr. Bittner,Rüdiger [CUP 2003], p.14


A Reaction

This is a warning to rationalists who are looking for strategies to demonstrate necessities a priori.