QUESTION 18 Nietzsche describes the belief that truth is worth more than appeara
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Question
QUESTION 18
Nietzsche describes the belief that truth is worth more than appearances as
a.
a firmly held and rationally justified intuition.
b.
an unjustified assumption and a moral prejudice.
c.
the most noble goal of a "free-spirited" philosophy.
d.
essential for distinguishing true from false beliefs.
e.
what gives us the confidence to accept that the world that is relevant to humans is not a fiction.
a.
a firmly held and rationally justified intuition.
b.
an unjustified assumption and a moral prejudice.
c.
the most noble goal of a "free-spirited" philosophy.
d.
essential for distinguishing true from false beliefs.
e.
what gives us the confidence to accept that the world that is relevant to humans is not a fiction.
Explanation / Answer
Correct Answer - B
According to Nietzsche, the belief that truth is worth more than appearance is nothing more than a moral prejudice and a poorly demonstrated assumption. He says that there would be no life if there were no appearances, as without the apparent world nothing would remain, not even truth.