Single Idea 7133

[catalogued under 13. Knowledge Criteria / E. Relativism / 3. Subjectivism]

Full Idea

There are many different eyes, .... and consequently there are many different 'truths', and consequently there is no truth.

Gist of Idea

There are different eyes, so different 'truths', so there is no truth

Source

Friedrich Nietzsche (Writings from Late Notebooks [1887], 34[230])

Book Reference

Nietzsche,Friedrich: 'Writings from the Late Notebooks', ed/tr. Bittner,Rüdiger [CUP 2003], p.14


A Reaction

Sorry, I just don't follow this. Most people see the same things with their eyes, even if the perspective is subtly different. If we are puzzled by what we see, we swap places to check it. Nietzsche's life was too solitary. Some 'truths' are wrong.