Single Idea 24101

[catalogued under 22. Metaethics / B. Value / 1. Nature of Value / d. Subjective value]

Full Idea

It is impossible to live without assigning value: but it is possible to live without assigning value to what you value.

Gist of Idea

We always assign values, but we may not value those values

Source

Friedrich Nietzsche (Unpublished Notebooks 1882-84 [1883], 5[1]186)

Book Reference

Nietzsche,Friedrich: 'Fragments from the period of 'Zarathustra' (v 14)', ed/tr. Loeb/Tinsley [Stanford 2019], p.185


A Reaction

True. In my terminology, we can't live without thinking some things are more important than others. But that is compatible with not assigning much importance to anything.