Single Idea 24075

[catalogued under 3. Truth / A. Truth Problems / 7. Falsehood]

Full Idea

Convictions are more dangerous enemies of truth than lies.

Gist of Idea

Convictions, more than lies, are the great enemy of truth

Source

Friedrich Nietzsche (Human, All Too Human [1878], 483)

Book Reference

Nietzsche,Friedrich: 'Human, All Too Human', ed/tr. Faber,Marion [Penguin 1994], p.234


A Reaction

Love this one. Especially in western democracies in the 2020s. If we value truth, we must be fallibilists.