Beyond Good and Evil — Page 1
The Will to Truth, which is to tempt us to many a hazardous enterprise, the famous Truthfulness of which all philosophers have hitherto spoken with respect, what questions has this Will to Truth not laid before us!
Der Wille zur Wahrheit, der uns zu manchem gewagten Unternehmen verleiten soll, jene berühmte Wahrhaftigkeit, von der alle Philosophen bisher mit Ehrerbietung gesprochen haben, was hat dieser Wille zur Wahrheit uns nicht alles an Fragen vorgelegt!
What strange, perplexing, questionable questions!
Was für seltsame, verwirrende, fragwürdige Fragen!
It is already a long story; yet it seems as if it were hardly commenced.
Es ist bereits eine lange Geschichte; und doch scheint es, als ob sie kaum begonnen hätte.
Is it any wonder if we at last grow distrustful, lose patience, and turn impatiently away?
Ist es ein Wunder, wenn wir schließlich misstrauisch werden, die Geduld verlieren und uns ungeduldig abwenden?
That this Sphinx teaches us at last to ask questions ourselves?
Dass diese Sphinx uns endlich lehrt, selbst Fragen zu stellen?
WHO is it really that puts questions to us here?
WER ist es eigentlich, der uns hier Fragen stellt?
WHAT really is this "Will to Truth" in us?
WAS ist eigentlich dieser „Wille zur Wahrheit" in uns?
In fact we made a long halt at the question as to the origin of this Will--until at last we came to an absolute standstill before a yet more fundamental question.
Tatsächlich verweilten wir lange bei der Frage nach dem Ursprung dieses Willens – bis wir schließlich vor einer noch grundlegenderen Frage vollständig zum Stillstand kamen.
We inquired about the VALUE of this Will.
Wir fragten nach dem WERT dieses Willens.
Granted that we want the truth: WHY NOT RATHER untruth?
Angenommen, wir wollen die Wahrheit: WARUM NICHT LIEBER die Unwahrheit?
And uncertainty?
Und Ungewissheit?
Even ignorance?
Sogar Unwissenheit?
The problem of the value of truth presented itself before us--or was it we who presented ourselves before the problem?
Das Problem des Wertes der Wahrheit stellte sich uns dar – oder waren wir es, die sich vor dem Problem darstellten?
Which of us is the Oedipus here?
Wer von uns ist hier der Ödipus?
Which the Sphinx?
Wer die Sphinx?
It would seem to be a rendezvous of questions and notes of interrogation.
Es scheint ein Stelldichein von Fragen und Fragezeichen zu sein.
And could it be believed that it at last seems to us as if the problem had never been propounded before, as if we were the first to discern it, get a sight of it, and RISK RAISING it?
Und könnte man es glauben, dass es uns schließlich so vorkommt, als sei das Problem noch niemals aufgestellt worden, als seien wir die Ersten, die es wahrnehmen, erblicken und ES ZU STELLEN WAGEN?
Vocabulary
- Wille
- Will; determination or desire to act
- Wahrheit
- Truth; the state of being true
- manchem
- Many a; dative form of mancher
- gewagten
- Daring; risky or bold in nature
- Unternehmen
- Enterprise or venture; a bold undertaking
- verleiten
- To lead astray; to tempt or entice someone
- jene
- That; demonstrative pronoun referring to something distant
- berühmte
- Famous; well-known or celebrated
- Wahrhaftigkeit
- Truthfulness; the quality of being consistently honest
- Philosophen
- Philosophers; plural of Philosoph
- bisher
- Until now; up to this point in time
- Ehrerbietung
- Reverence; deep respect shown toward someone
- vorgelegt
- Presented or put forward; past participle of vorlegen
- seltsame
- Strange; odd or unusual in character
- verwirrende
- Confusing; causing bewilderment or disorientation
- fragwürdige
- Questionable; doubtful or deserving of scrutiny
- bereits
- Already; something has occurred before expected time
- Geschichte
- History or story; narrative of past events
- doch
- Yet or still; concessive or emphatic particle
- scheint
- Seems; third person singular of scheinen
- ob
- Whether or as if; subordinating conjunction
- kaum
- Hardly; barely or scarcely
- hätte
- Would have; subjunctive II of haben
- Wunder
- Wonder or miracle; an astonishing event
- schließlich
- Finally or eventually; in the end
- misstrauisch
- Suspicious; distrustful or skeptical of others
- Geduld
- Patience; calm endurance of difficulty or delay
- verlieren
- To lose; to cease having or possessing something
- ungeduldig
- Impatient; unable to wait calmly
- abwenden
- To turn away; to avert or divert oneself
- Sphinx
- Sphinx; mythological creature posing riddles
- endlich
- Finally or at last; after a long wait
- lehrt
- Teaches; third person singular of lehren
- selbst
- Oneself or even; reflexive or emphatic particle
- stellen
- To place or pose; to set or put something
- eigentlich
- Actually or really; expressing what truly is
- Tatsächlich
- Actually or indeed; confirming something as real
- verweilten
- Lingered or dwelt; stayed or remained somewhere
- Ursprung
- Origin; the source or beginning of something
- Willens
- Of will; genitive form of Wille
- noch
- Still or yet; indicating continuation or addition
- grundlegenderen
- More fundamental; comparative of grundlegend
- vollständig
- Completely; fully or entirely without omission
- Stillstand
- Standstill; a complete halt of movement or progress
- WERT
- Value or worth; emphatic interrogative about worth
- Angenommen
- Assumed; granted or supposed for argument's sake
- LIEBER
- Rather or preferably; emphatic comparative of gern
- Unwahrheit
- Untruth; a falsehood or untrue statement
- Ungewissheit
- Uncertainty; a state of doubt or being unsure
- Sogar
- Even; indicating something surprising or extreme
- Unwissenheit
- Ignorance; lack of knowledge or awareness
- Wertes
- Of value; genitive form of Wert
- darstellten
- Represented; simple past plural of darstellen
- Ödipus
- Oedipus; Greek mythological figure known for solving riddles
- Stelldichein
- Rendezvous; an appointed meeting place or encounter
- Fragezeichen
- Question mark; punctuation symbol denoting inquiry
- könnte
- Could; subjunctive II of können
- glauben
- To believe; to hold something to be true
- vorkommt
- Occurs or seems; third person singular of vorkommen
- sei
- Be; subjunctive I of sein
- niemals
- Never; at no time whatsoever
- aufgestellt
- Set up or posed; past participle of aufstellen
- seien
- Be; subjunctive I plural of sein
- wahrnehmen
- To perceive; to notice or become aware of
- erblicken
- To catch sight of; to perceive something visually
- WAGEN
- To dare; to have the courage to do something
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