Single Idea 4419

[catalogued under 18. Thought / A. Modes of Thought / 1. Thought]

Full Idea

Whoever thinks in words thinks as an orator and not as a thinker (it shows that he does not think facts, but only in relation to facts).

Gist of Idea

People who think in words are orators rather than thinkers, and think about facts instead of thinking facts

Source

Friedrich Nietzsche (On the Genealogy of Morals [1887], III.§08)

Book Reference

Nietzsche,Friedrich: 'On the Genealogy of Morals/ Ecce Homo', ed/tr. Kaufmann,Walter [Vintage 1969], p.110


A Reaction

Good. It is certainly not true that we have to think in words, or else animals wouldn't think. Good thinking should focus on reality, and be too fast for words to keep up.