"On Truth and Lies in an Unmoral Sense"

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In Nietzsche's unpublished essay, "On Truth and Lies in an Unmoral Sense", regarded by some scholars as a keystone of his thought, he rejects the idea of universal constants. This paper argues, however, that reducing the thinking of Nietzsche to a system dominated by a few formulas is superficial and unwise and that every aspect of this thinking finds its opposition in another one from the same system. The paper brings examples of Nietzsche's views on religion, psychology, and human values to show the contradictions that exist within the text.

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"Nietzsche is making use of the purest ideal in order to judge its falsifications; after that he uses these falsifications to destroy the same ideal that he used as a measure: After he condemned the man in the name of the moral, he condemns the moral in the name of the man. But those two convictions mutually annul themselves.: how can you speak about moral lie if there is no moral truth?"

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