Book Two: A Criticism of the Highest Values That Have Prevailed Hitherto
II: Criticism of Morality§262 The necessity of false values. A judgment may be refuted when it is shown that it was conditioned: but the necessity of retaining it is not thereby cancelled. Reasons can no more eradicate false values than they can alter astigmatism in a man’s eyes. The need of their existence must be understood: they are the result of causes which have nothing to do with reasoning.