Single Idea 24092

[catalogued under 3. Truth / A. Truth Problems / 3. Value of Truth]

Full Idea

As a man I tell the truth, even the repulsive ones.

Gist of Idea

I tell the truth, even if it is repulsive

Source

Friedrich Nietzsche (Unpublished Notebooks 1881-82 [1882], 12[86])

Book Reference

Nietzsche,Friedrich: 'The Joyful Science, and 1881-82 fragments (v 6)', ed/tr. Del Caro,Adrian [Stanford 2023], p.436


A Reaction

I wonder if even Nietzsche had his limits. He is quite coy about sexual matters, for example, before Freud and various sexual revolutions. To ruthlessly tell difficult truths strikes me as a scientific approach to the world.