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Single Idea 7149

[from 'Writings from Late Notebooks' by Friedrich Nietzsche, in 13. Knowledge Criteria / E. Relativism / 3. Subjectivism ]

Full Idea

'Comprehending everything' - that would mean abolishing all perspectival relations, that would mean comprehending nothing, mistaking the nature of the knower.

Gist of Idea

Comprehending everything is impossible, because it abolishes perspectives

Source

Friedrich Nietzsche (Writings from Late Notebooks [1887], 01[114])

Book Reference

Nietzsche,Friedrich: 'Writings from the Late Notebooks', ed/tr. Bittner,Rüdiger [CUP 2003], p.62


A Reaction

The point here, I take it, is not just that there is too much to comprehend, but that comprehending is partly a subjective matter. Personally I am drawn to the opposite pole, expressed by Spinoza (Idea 4840).

Related Idea

Idea 4840 Reason perceives things under a certain form of eternity [Spinoza]