Greg Detre
Tuesday, 16 January, 2001
The will to truth and knowledge could perhaps be the ultimate self-sacrifice of mankind, �because for this goal no sacrifice is too great�
�All religions � take astonishingly lightly the duty to tell the truth�. After all, if their God is unwilling or unable to reveal himself, to explain and enlighten and bewildered mankind over that most crucial understanding of all, their salvation, for thousands of years � then the �duty of God to be truthful� appears to be lacking. Either that or God suffers as heavily, or heavier, than mankind at our impending fate, and it is He we should perhaps be praying for. In such ways does Nietzsche undermine and invert what is meant by God, and by taking away the premise �God is the truth� from the equation of the faithful, renders their conclusions suspect too.
But the implications of living in a godless world are manifold and foundationless. If it is revealed that truth no longer offers consolation, then the �seekers of cures� will be incapable of finding it
What are Nietzsche�s connotations of pessimism???
What does Nietzsche think about truth if not that it is
perspectivist, in Daybreak?