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One of the important things about Nietzsche is that he finally clarifies that our tendency to unite "Truth, Beauty, and the Good" is not well- grounded. On the one hand, the strong will disdain lies, and seek to look truth in the face, even if is terrible. On the other hand, we would be foolish to revere truth at the expense of life, and it may be that illusion is necessary in order for life and culture to flourish. Thus, Nietzsche sees philosophy as both destructive, since it will dig underneath our comfortable assumptions, and constructive since it will propose a new scheme of values that will get us past nihilism. Of course, the tension was not fully resolved, to say the least... |
