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[from 'The Republic' by Plato, in 22. Metaethics / B. Value / 1. Nature of Value / b. Fact and value ]

Full Idea

Plato measured the degree of reality by the degree of value.

Gist of Idea

Plato measured the degree of reality by the degree of value

Source

comment on Plato (The Republic [c.374 BCE], 518d) by Friedrich Nietzsche - The Will to Power (notebooks) §572

Book Reference

Nietzsche,Friedrich: 'The Will to Power', ed/tr. Kaufmann,W /Hollingdate,R [Vintage 1968], p.308


A Reaction

A most interesting comment. It epitomises the Nietzschean reading of Plato, in which the will to power leads the sense of value, which in turn creates the metaphysics.