Über das Pathos der Wahrheit

Author

Friedrich Nietzsche

Language

German

Year

1872

Country

Germany

Genre

Short Essay (Collection, Anthology, or Periodical)

Part of

Five Prefaces on Five Unwritten Books

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"On the Pathos of Truth" is a short essay by Friedrich Nietzsche concerning the motivation of philosophers to seek knowledge as an end in itself. Nietzsche identifies this motivation with pride. On this point the essay prefigures theories concerning a destructive "will to truth" that Nietzsche discusses in On the Genealogy of Morals, Beyond Good and Evil, and The Gay Science.