It is no more than a moral prejudice that truth is worth more than mere
appearance; it is even the worst proved assumption there is in the
world. Let at least this much be admitted: there would be no life at
all if not on the basis of perspective estimates and appearances; and
if, with the virtuous enthusiasm and clumsiness of some philosophers,
one wanted to abolish the ‘apparent’ world altogether – well,
supposing you could do that, at least nothing would be left of your ‘truth’ either.
Indeed, what forces us all to suppose that there is an essential opposition
of ‘truth’ and ‘false’?” |
