"It has therewith come to be recognized..." - Quote by Friedrich Nietzsche
It has therewith come to be recognized that the history of moral valuations is at the same time the history of an error, the error of responsibility, which is based upon the error of the freedom of will.
More by Friedrich Nietzsche
“Even great spirits have only their five-fingers' breadth of experience - just beyond it their thinking ceases and their endless empty space and stupidity begins.”
“A strong and well-constituted man digests his experiences (deeds and misdeeds all included) just as he digests his meats, even when he has some tough morsels to swallow.”
“Art is the highest task and the proper metaphysical activity of this life.”
More on Morality
“Whatever I thought right, to others seemed wrong; what I held to be bad, others approved of.”
“I regard as a mortal sin not only the lying of the senses in matters of love, but also the illusion which the senses seek to create where love is only partial. I say, I believe, that one must love with all of one's being, or else live, come what may, a life of complete chastity.”
“He cannot be strict in judging, who does not wish others to be strict judges of himself.”
More on Error
“A stated truth loses its grace, but a repeated error appears insipid and ridiculous.”
“There is a way of meeting error while on the road of truth.”
“Truth is the proper and sufficient antagonist to error, and has nothing to fear from the conflict, unless, by human interposition, disarmed of her natural weapons, free argument and debate; errors ceasing to be dangerous when it is permitted freely to contradict them.”