Nietzsche claims that “the falseness of a judgement is not necessarily an objection to a judgement.” By this he means that the value of a judgement should be defined not by its truthfulness, but rather by “how far it is life-promoting, life-preserving”.
Nietzsche argues that the philosopher’s supposedly disinterested quest for truth is actually a self-serving enterprise, and what philosophers assert to be truths are actually their own “prejudices” and “irrefutable errors”. One such prejudice is the value of the “will to truth”. Philosophers make the pursuit of truth their central preoccupation, but they rarely question the value of truth itself. Nietzsche asks, “Suppose we want truth: why not rather untruth?” In other words, philosophers assume
Nietzsche argues that the philosopher’s supposedly disinterested quest for truth is actually a self-serving enterprise, and what philosophers assert to be truths are actually their own “prejudices” and “irrefutable errors”. One such prejudice is the value of the “will to truth”. Philosophers make the pursuit of truth their central preoccupation, but they rarely question the value of truth itself. Nietzsche asks, “Suppose we want truth: why not rather untruth?” In other words, philosophers assume