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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.