Single Idea 24124

[catalogued under 13. Knowledge Criteria / E. Relativism / 1. Relativism]

Full Idea

We have been granted perspectives in all directions, broader than any humans have ever been granted, everywhere we look there is no end in sight.

Gist of Idea

We now have innumerable perspectives to draw on

Source

Friedrich Nietzsche (Unpublished Notebooks 1884-85 [1884], 25[013])

Book Reference

Nietzsche,Friedrich: 'Fragments from 1884-85 (v 15)', ed/tr. Loeb,P.S./Tinsley,D.F. [Stanford 2022], p.8


A Reaction

Clearly perspectivism is not the simple relativism of being trapped in our own private perspective. What strikes me as missing from Nietzsche's brief thoughts is the question of consensus, and even rational and objective consensus.