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Ideas for 'Mahaprajnaparamitashastra', '12: Colossians' and 'Unpublished Notebooks 1885-86'

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3. Truth / A. Truth Problems / 3. Value of Truth
What is the search for truth if it isn't moral? [Nietzsche]
     Full Idea: What is searching for truth, truthfulness, honesty if not something moral?
     From: Friedrich Nietzsche (Unpublished Notebooks 1885-86 [1886], 35[05])
     A reaction: Feels right to me. It might be an effect of the virtue of respect. If you respect a person you tell them the truth (assuming they want the truth). Lying to someone is a sort of contempt.
Like all philosophers, I love truth [Nietzsche]
     Full Idea: I, too, love truth, like all philosophers.
     From: Friedrich Nietzsche (Unpublished Notebooks 1885-86 [1886], 37[02])
     A reaction: Please pay attention to this remark! His perspectivalism is not a denial of truth. It is an epistemological phenomenon, not a metaphysical one. The perspectives are the nearest we can get to truth. Humanity therefore needs teamwork.