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Single Idea 18309

[from 'Twilight of the Idols' by Friedrich Nietzsche, in 12. Knowledge Sources / B. Perception / 6. Inference in Perception ]

Full Idea

'Reason' is the cause of our falsification of the evidence of the senses.

Gist of Idea

The evidence of the senses is falsified by reason

Source

Friedrich Nietzsche (Twilight of the Idols [1889], 2.1)

Book Reference

Nietzsche,Friedrich: 'Twilight of the Idols and The Anti-Christ', ed/tr. Hollingdale,R.J. [Penguin 1972], p.36


A Reaction

One for McDowell.