Full Idea
As a man I tell the truth, even the repulsive ones.
Gist of Idea
I tell the truth, even if it is repulsive
Source
Friedrich Nietzsche (Unpublished Notebooks 1881-82 [1882], 12[86])
Book Reference
Nietzsche,Friedrich: 'The Joyful Science, and 1881-82 fragments (v 6)', ed/tr. Del Caro,Adrian [Stanford 2023], p.436
A Reaction
I wonder if even Nietzsche had his limits. He is quite coy about sexual matters, for example, before Freud and various sexual revolutions. To ruthlessly tell difficult truths strikes me as a scientific approach to the world.