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Ideas for 'A Dictionary of Political Thought', 'Human, All Too Human' and 'The Internalist Conception of Justification'

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20. Action / C. Motives for Action / 3. Acting on Reason / b. Intellectualism
People always do what they think is right, according to the degree of their intellect [Nietzsche]
     Full Idea: Socrates and Plato are right: whatever man does, he always acts for the good; that is, in a way that seems to him good (useful) according to the degree of his intellect, the prevailing measure of his rationality.
     From: Friedrich Nietzsche (Human, All Too Human [1878], 102)
     A reaction: I associate this doctrine much more with Socrates than with Plato - but Nietzsche was a great classical scholar.
Our judgment seems to cause our nature, but actually judgment arises from our nature [Nietzsche]
     Full Idea: It seems that our thinking and judging are to be made the cause of our nature after the fact, but actually our nature causes us to think and judge one way or the other.
     From: Friedrich Nietzsche (Human, All Too Human [1878], 608)