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Full Idea
All value judgements involve a particular perspective: preservation of the individual, a community, a race, a state, a church, a belief, a culture.
Gist of Idea
Values need a perspective, of preserving some aspect of life
Source
Friedrich Nietzsche (Unpublished Notebooks 1884-85 [1884], 26[119])
Book Ref
Nietzsche,Friedrich: 'Fragments from 1884-85 (v 15)', ed/tr. Loeb,P.S./Tinsley,D.F. [Stanford 2022], p.165
A Reaction
This chimes in with my Aristotelian view of value, as arising out of the thing valued, rather than descending on it from outside. I think more than mere 'preservaation' is at stake. Fostering, cherishing.