Single Idea 19571

[catalogued under 3. Truth / E. Pragmatic Truth / 1. Pragmatic Truth]

Full Idea

The distinction between delusion and truth lies in the difference in their life functions.

Gist of Idea

Delusion and truth differ in their life functions

Source

Novalis (Miscellaneous Observations [1798], 008)

Book Reference

Novalis: 'Philosophical Writings', ed/tr. Stoljar,M.M. [SUNY 1997], p.24


A Reaction

Pure pragmatism, it seems. We might expect doubts about objective truth from a leading light of the Romantic movement.