Single Idea 7181

[catalogued under 12. Knowledge Sources / B. Perception / 5. Interpretation]

Full Idea

Intellectuality of pain: pain does not indicate what is momentarily damaged but what value the damage has with regard to the individual as a whole.

Gist of Idea

Pain shows the value of the damage, not what has been damaged

Source

Friedrich Nietzsche (Writings from Late Notebooks [1887], 07[48])

Book Reference

Nietzsche,Friedrich: 'Writings from the Late Notebooks', ed/tr. Bittner,Rüdiger [CUP 2003], p.137


A Reaction

An interesting claim, but rather hard to substantiate. Boiling water on the back of a hand might be very painful, but not of huge consequence in terms of damage. The palm of the hand is much more important to us than the back.