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9. Objects / D. Essence of Objects / 15. Against Essentialism

7161	The essence of a thing is only an opinion about the 'thing' [Nietzsche]
	Full Idea: The essence of a thing is only an opinion about the 'thing'.
	From: Friedrich Nietzsche (Writings from Late Notebooks [1887], 02[150])
	A reaction: Nietzsche seems sympathetic to essentialism about natural laws (based on 'power'), but this is the classic rejection of Aristotelian essences, because they are unknowable or unprovable. Personally I think scientists are revealing essences.