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Ideas for 'Thinking About Mathematics', '64: Gryllus - on Rationality in Animals' and 'Human, All Too Human'

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1. Philosophy / A. Wisdom / 1. Nature of Wisdom

14857	The highest wisdom has the guise of simplicity [Nietzsche]
	Full Idea: Truth tends to reveal its highest wisdom in the guise of simplicity.
	From: Friedrich Nietzsche (Human, All Too Human [1878], 609)

1. Philosophy / D. Nature of Philosophy / 7. Despair over Philosophy

14854	Deep thinkers know that they are always wrong [Nietzsche]
	Full Idea: Whoever thinks more deeply knows that he is always wrong, whatever his acts and judgments.
	From: Friedrich Nietzsche (Human, All Too Human [1878], 518)

1. Philosophy / D. Nature of Philosophy / 8. Humour

14833	Comedy is a transition from fear to exuberance [Nietzsche]
	Full Idea: The transition from momentary fear to short-lived exuberance is called the 'comic'.
	From: Friedrich Nietzsche (Human, All Too Human [1878], 169)