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Beyond Good and Evil: 205-210
N- considers three difficulties, ‘dangers for a philosopher’s development’. First, that there seems to be progressively greater amounts of specialized knowledge in the world, ‘The scope and the tower-building of the sciences has grown to be enormous…’ to the extent … Continue reading
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Beyond Good and Evil: 191-200
‘The ancient theological problem of “faith” and “knowledge”– or more clearly, of instinct and reason– in other words, the question whether regarding the valuation of things instinct deserves more authority than rationality, which wants us to evaluate and act in … Continue reading
Beyond Good and Evil: 45-62
A glimpse into how it appears that N- considers his overall project, ‘The human soul and its limits, the range of inner human experiences reach so far…the whole history of the soul so far and its as yet unexhausted possibilities– … Continue reading
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Beyond Good and Evil: 31-44
N- writes of the ‘pre-historical’ times as the ‘pre-moral’ times. Then all were utilitarians, in the sense that actions were judged entirely upon their outcomes it mattering not what the genesis of the behavior was. Following upon this was the … Continue reading