Preface
Famous opening: 'Supposing truth is a woman--what then?' Dogmatism in philosophy as a noble childishness now overcome.
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From Beyond Good and Evil by Friedrich Nietzsche
Nietzsche opens by attacking the dogmatic faith in opposite values and the assumption that truth is preferable to untruth, exposing philosophical systems as personal confessions.
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The will to truth--what in us really wants 'truth'? Questions the value of truth itself.
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Attacks the 'faith in opposite values' as a fundamental prejudice of metaphysicians.
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Every great philosophy is the personal confession of its author, a kind of involuntary memoir.
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The falseness of a judgment is not necessarily an objection; question is how far it is life-promoting.
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