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[from 'Twilight of the Idols' by Friedrich Nietzsche, in 22. Metaethics / B. Value / 2. Values / c. Life ]

Full Idea

When we speak of values we do so under the inspiration and from the perspective of life: life itself evalutes through us when we establish values

Gist of Idea

When we establish values, that is life itself establishing them, through us

Source

Friedrich Nietzsche (Twilight of the Idols [1889], 4.5)

Book Reference

Nietzsche,Friedrich: 'Twilight of the Idols and The Anti-Christ', ed/tr. Hollingdale,R.J. [Penguin 1972], p.45


A Reaction

I love Nietzsche's ideas about the source of values, and his remarks about the value of life. Other thinkers sound so simplistic in comparison.