Full Idea
Aristotle probably had his best moments when he coldly and clearly (and joyfully) enjoyed the sensual sham of the highest generalities. To perceive the world as a system, and as the pinnacle of human happiness: how the schematic mind betrays itself then!
Gist of Idea
Aristotle enjoyed the sham generalities of a system, as the peak of happiness!
Source
Friedrich Nietzsche (Unpublished Notebooks 1884-85 [1884], 25[017])
Book Reference
Nietzsche,Friedrich: 'Fragments from 1884-85 (v 15)', ed/tr. Loeb,P.S./Tinsley,D.F. [Stanford 2022], p.10
A Reaction
Painful, this. One of my heroes laughing at the other one. I love systems, and love John Richardson's suggestion that Nietzsche was very systematice, despite his protestations.