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[from 'Thus Spake Zarathustra' by Friedrich Nietzsche, in 1. Philosophy / A. Wisdom / 3. Wisdom Deflated ]

Full Idea

There is more reason in your body than in your best wisdom. For who knows for what purpose your body requires precisely your best wisdom?

Gist of Idea

But what is the reasoning of the body, that it requires the wisdom you seek?

Source

Friedrich Nietzsche (Thus Spake Zarathustra [1884], 1.05)

Book Reference

Nietzsche,Friedrich: 'Thus Spake Zarathustra', ed/tr. Hollingdale,R.J. [Penguin 1969], p.62


A Reaction

Lovely question. For years I've paid lip-service to wisdom as the rough aim of all philosophy. Not quite knowing what wisdom is doesn't bother me, but knowing why I want wisdom certainly does, especially after this idea.