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Full Idea
It is impossible to live without assigning value: but it is possible to live without assigning value to what you value.
Gist of Idea
We always assign values, but we may not value those values
Source
Friedrich Nietzsche (Unpublished Notebooks 1881-82 [1882], 5[1]186)
Book Ref
Nietzsche,Friedrich: 'The Joyful Science, and 1881-82 fragments (v 6)', ed/tr. Del Caro,Adrian [Stanford 2023], p.185
A Reaction
True. In my terminology, we can't live without thinking some things are more important than others. But that is compatible with not assigning much importance to anything.