Full Idea
As we must maintain stability in our beliefs in order to flourish, we've made it up that the 'true' world is not one of change and becoming, but is one of being.
Gist of Idea
We commit to being (rather than becoming) only because we need stable beliefs
Source
Friedrich Nietzsche (Fragments from 1886-87 (v 17) [1887], 9[038])
A Reaction
So if we commit, with Nietzsche, to becoming (rather than being) we will no longer have any stable beliefs, and hence we won't flourish. Thanks a lot, FN! Unless we can have stable beliefs about becoming… In its patterns?
Book Reference
Nietzsche,Friedrich: 'Fragments from 1886-87 (v 17)', ed/tr. Leiner, George H. [Stanford 2025], p.149