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Single Idea 24361

[catalogued under 22. Metaethics / B. Value / 1. Nature of Value / f. Ultimate value]

Full Idea

It is naivety to posit pleasure or spirituality or morality or any single particular from the sphere of consciousness as the highest value.

Gist of Idea

It is naïve to posit any one value from consciousness as the highest value

Source

Friedrich Nietzsche (Fragments from 1886-87 (v 17) [1887], 10[137])

A Reaction

His main reason is that we overrate what is conscious. I agree. I see myself less and less as a primarily conscious being. Just watch yourself while you cook a meal or drive a car. You are highly rational, but consciousness is a small part.

Book Reference

Nietzsche,Friedrich: 'Fragments from 1886-87 (v 17)', ed/tr. Leiner, George H. [Stanford 2025], p.302