Single Idea 23209

[catalogued under 13. Knowledge Criteria / E. Relativism / 1. Relativism]

Full Idea

From the standpoint of each of our fundamental drives there is a different perspectival assessment of all events and experiences.

Gist of Idea

Each of our personal drives has its own perspective

Source

Friedrich Nietzsche (Unpublished Notebooks 1885-86 [1886], 1[058])

Book Reference

Nietzsche,Friedrich: 'Fragments from 1885-86 (v 16)', ed/tr. Del Caro,Adrian [Stanford 2020], p.275


A Reaction

Revealing. Perspectives are not just each individual person's viewpoint, but something more fine-grained than that. Our understanding and response are ambiguous, because we ourselves are intrinsically ambiguous. Super-relativism!