Book Two: A Criticism of the Highest Values That Have Prevailed Hitherto
V: The Moral Ideal§346 (1) The so-called pure instinct for knowledge of all philosophers is dictated to them by their moral “truths” — is only seemingly independent.
(2) The “Moral Truths”, “thus one ought to act,” are mere states of consciousness of an instinct which has grown tired, “thus and thus are things done by us”. The “ideal” is supposed to re-establish and strengthen an instinct; it flatters man to be obedient when he is only an automaton.