Full Idea
All the supreme problems of value are beyond human reason. …To grasp the limits of human reason, only this is philosophy.
Gist of Idea
Philosophy grasps the limits of human reason, and values are beyond it
Source
Friedrich Nietzsche (The Anti-Christ [1889], 55)
Book Reference
Nietzsche,Friedrich: 'Twilight of the Idols and The Anti-Christ', ed/tr. Hollingdale,R.J. [Penguin 1972], p.174
A Reaction
The single most powerful idea in the writings of Nietzsche. Reason and truth are values. Why do we value philosophy? There is no escaping Nietzsche's question.