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.
Gist of Idea
Our judgment seems to cause our nature, but actually judgment arises from our nature
Source
Friedrich Nietzsche (Human, All Too Human [1878], 608)
Book Reference
Nietzsche,Friedrich: 'Human, All Too Human', ed/tr. Faber,Marion [Penguin 1994], p.253