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[from 'Human, All Too Human' by Friedrich Nietzsche, in 11. Knowledge Aims / B. Certain Knowledge / 1. Certainty ]

Full Idea

Conviction is the belief that in some point of knowledge one possesses absolute truth. Such a belief presumes, then, that absolute truths exists; likewise, that the perfect methods for arriving at them have been found.

Gist of Idea

Being certain presumes that there are absolute truths, and means of arriving at them

Source

Friedrich Nietzsche (Human, All Too Human [1878], 630)

Book Reference

Nietzsche,Friedrich: 'Human, All Too Human', ed/tr. Faber,Marion [Penguin 1994], p.261