Single Idea 14863

[catalogued under 1. Philosophy / A. Wisdom / 2. Wise People]

Full Idea

Inherent in wisdom [sophia] is discrimination, the possession of good taste: whereas science, lacking such a refined sense of taste, gobbles up anything that is worth knowing.

Gist of Idea

Unlike science, true wisdom involves good taste

Source

Friedrich Nietzsche (Unpublished Notebooks 1872-74 [1873], 19 [086])

Book Reference

Nietzsche,Friedrich: 'Unpublished of 'Unfashionable Obs' period (v 11)', ed/tr. Gray,Richard T. [Stanford 1995], p.32


A Reaction

This is blatantly unfair to science, which may lack 'taste', but at least prefers deep theories with wide-ranging explanatory power to narrow local theories. Maybe the line across the philosophical community is the one picking out those with taste?