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6. Mathematics / C. Sources of Mathematics / 9. Fictional Mathematics

4533	Logic and maths refer to fictitious entities which we have created [Nietzsche]
	Full Idea: Logic (like geometry and arithmetic) applies only to fictitious entities that we have created.
	From: Friedrich Nietzsche (The Will to Power (notebooks) [1888], §516)
	A reaction: This finds Nietzsche on the relativist wing of logical empiricism. The thing is, fictitious entities can have a close relationship with truth, as in a great novel. I believe in necessary logical truth, but there are many ways of slicing it.