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Single Idea 7188

[catalogued under 5. Theory of Logic / A. Overview of Logic / 3. Value of Logic]

Full Idea

Logic is the attempt to understand the real world according to a scheme of being that we have posited.

Gist of Idea

Logic tries to understand the world according to a man-made scheme

Source

Friedrich Nietzsche (Writings from Late Notebooks [1887], 09[97])

Book Reference

Nietzsche,Friedrich: 'Writings from the Late Notebooks', ed/tr. Bittner,Rüdiger [CUP 2003], p.158


A Reaction

This is the ruthless relativist trying to relativise the holy-of-holies, pure logic. I don't believe it. Once you allow counting, identity and sets, based on types, (and why not?) then logic follows.