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Single Idea 23211

[catalogued under 7. Existence / B. Change in Existence / 4. Events / c. Reduction of events]

Full Idea

There is no event in itself. What happens is a group of appearances selected and summarised by an interpreting being.

Gist of Idea

Events are just interpretations of groups of appearances

Source

Friedrich Nietzsche (Unpublished Notebooks 1885-86 [1886], 1[115])

Book Reference

Nietzsche,Friedrich: 'Fragments from 1885-86 (v 16)', ed/tr. Del Caro,Adrian [Stanford 2020], p.287


A Reaction

Since innumerable events are nested within one another, such as the events at a carnival, this is obviously true. A primitive 'Kim event' (an object changes a property) might have objective existence. Carnivals happen, though.