Single Idea 2921

[catalogued under 22. Metaethics / A. Ethics Foundations / 2. Source of Ethics / b. Rational ethics]

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.