Single Idea 14861

[catalogued under 1. Philosophy / D. Nature of Philosophy / 2. Invocation to Philosophy]

Full Idea

Philosophy is indispensable for education because it draws knowledge into an artistic conception of the world, and thereby ennobles it.

Gist of Idea

Philosophy ennobles the world, by producing an artistic conception of our knowledge

Source

Friedrich Nietzsche (Unpublished Writings 1872-74 [1873], 19 [052])

Book Reference

Nietzsche,Friedrich: 'Unpublished Writings of 'Unfashionable Obs' period', ed/tr. Gray,Richard T. [Stanford 1995], p.21


A Reaction

I take this to be an unusual way of saying that philosophy aims at the unification of knowledge, which is roughly my own view. It has hard for us to keep believing that life could be 'ennobled'.