Single Idea 4422

[catalogued under 26. Natural Theory / A. Speculations on Nature / 2. Natural Purpose / b. Limited purposes]

Full Idea

Not every end is the goal; the end of a melody is not its goal; and yet: as long as the melody has not reached its end, it also hasn't reached its goal. A parable.

Gist of Idea

The end need not be the goal, as in the playing of a melody (and yet it must be completed)

Source

Friedrich Nietzsche (The Wanderer and his Shadow [1880], §204)

Book Reference

Nietzsche,Friedrich: 'On the Genealogy of Morals/ Ecce Homo', ed/tr. Kaufmann,Walter [Vintage 1969], p.183


A Reaction

A nice message for Aristotle, that there is no simple separation of ends and means.