The knowledge kills action, for action requires a state of being in which we are covered with the veil of illusion
✖ Via The Birth of Tragedy by Friedrich Nietzsche, 1872, § 7 (tr. by Ian Johnston, 2009)

Compare with a similar observation by Paul Valery.



• Feb 02, 2010 link notes  [via] tagged: philosophy  book  action  knowledge  ignorance 

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