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7171 | Rationality is a scheme we cannot cast away [Nietzsche] |
Full Idea: Thinking rationally is interpreting according to a scheme we cannot cast away. | |
From: Friedrich Nietzsche (Writings from Late Notebooks [1887], 05[22]) | |
A reaction: We can turn the tables on this one: how could Nietzsche know that this is the case if he cannot criticise his own rationality? The brain is a truth machine, and truth is (mostly) vital for survival. |