Single Idea 2899

[catalogued under 18. Thought / A. Modes of Thought / 5. Rationality / b. Human rationality]

Full Idea

The fanaticism with which the whole of Greek thought throws itself at rationality betrays itself as a state of emergency: one was in peril, one had only one choice: either to perish or- be absurdly rational.

Gist of Idea

The fanatical rationality of Greek philosophy shows that they were in a state of emergency

Source

Friedrich Nietzsche (Twilight of the Idols [1889], 1.10)

Book Reference

Nietzsche,Friedrich: 'Twilight of the Idols and The Anti-Christ', ed/tr. Hollingdale,R.J. [Penguin 1972], p.33