Beyond Good and Evil — Page 5
The question is, how far an opinion is life-furthering, life-preserving, species-preserving, perhaps species-rearing, and we are fundamentally inclined to maintain that the falsest opinions (to which the synthetic judgments a priori belong), are the most indispensable to us, that without a recognition of logical fictions, without a comparison of reality with the purely IMAGINED world of the absolute and immutable, without a constant counterfeiting of the world by means of numbers, man could not live--that the renunciation of false opinions would be a renunciation of life, a negation of life.
La cuestión es hasta qué punto una opinión es propicia para la vida, preservadora de la vida, preservadora de la especie, quizás criadora de la especie, y estamos fundamentalmente inclinados a sostener que las opiniones más falsas (a las que pertenecen los juicios sintéticos a priori) son las más indispensables para nosotros, que sin un reconocimiento de las ficciones lógicas, sin una comparación de la realidad con el mundo puramente IMAGINADO de lo absoluto e inmutable, sin una falsificación constante del mundo por medio de los números, el hombre no podría vivir --que la renuncia a las opiniones falsas sería una renuncia a la vida, una negación de la vida.
TO RECOGNISE UNTRUTH AS A CONDITION OF LIFE; that is certainly to impugn the traditional ideas of value in a dangerous manner, and a philosophy which ventures to do so, has thereby alone placed itself beyond good and evil.
RECONOCER LA FALSEDAD COMO UNA CONDICIÓN DE LA VIDA; eso es ciertamente impugnar las ideas tradicionales de valor de una manera peligrosa, y una filosofía que se atreve a hacerlo, se ha colocado por ello solo más allá del bien y del mal.
5. That which causes philosophers to be regarded half-distrustfully and half-mockingly, is not the oft-repeated discovery how innocent they are--how often and easily they make mistakes and lose their way, in short, how childish and childlike they are,--but that there is not enough honest dealing with them, whereas they all raise a loud and virtuous outcry when the problem of truthfulness is even hinted at in the remotest manner.
5. Lo que hace que los filósofos sean considerados con cierta desconfianza y cierto desdén, no es el descubrimiento tantas veces repetido de cuán inocentes son --con qué frecuencia y facilidad se equivocan y pierden el camino, en resumen, cuán pueriles e ingenuos son--, sino que no se les trata con suficiente honestidad, mientras que todos ellos lanzan un clamoroso y virtuoso grito de protesta cuando el problema de la veracidad se insinúa siquiera de la manera más remota.
Vocabulary
- La
- The (feminine singular article)
- cuestión
- Question, issue, or matter under discussion
- es
- Is (third person singular present of ser)
- hasta
- Until, up to, as far as
- qué
- What (interrogative or relative pronoun)
- punto
- Point, dot, or extent to which something reaches
- una
- A, one (feminine singular indefinite article)
- opinión
- Opinion, belief, or judgment about something
- propicia
- Favorable, advantageous, or conducive to something
- para
- For, in order to, toward, by (preposition)
- vida
- Life, living organisms or period of existence
- de
- Of, from, by (preposition indicating possession)
- especie
- Species, kind, or type of thing
- quizás
- Perhaps, maybe, possibly or perchance
- estamos
- We are (first person plural present of estar)
- fundamentalmente
- Fundamentally, essentially, or at the core
- inclinados
- Inclined, disposed, or leaning toward something
- sostener
- To sustain, maintain, or uphold an argument
- que
- That, which (conjunction or relative pronoun)
- las
- The (feminine plural article)
- opiniones
- Opinions, beliefs, or judgments about matters
- más
- More, most, or very (adverb or adjective)
- falsas
- False, untrue, or deceptive (feminine plural)
- pertenecen
- Belong, pertain, or are the property of
- los
- The (masculine plural article)
- juicios
- Judgments, verdicts, or reasoned opinions about things
- son
- Are (third person plural present of ser)
- indispensables
- Indispensable, absolutely necessary or essential for something
- nosotros
- We, us (first person plural pronoun)
- sin
- Without, lacking, or in the absence of
- un
- A, one (masculine singular indefinite article)
- reconocimiento
- Recognition, acknowledgment, or admission of something
- ficciones
- Fictions, falsehoods, or invented narratives or ideas
- lógicas
- Logical, relating to logic or reasoning
- comparación
- Comparison, act of examining similarities and differences
- realidad
- Reality, truth, or actual state of things
- con
- With, together with, or accompanied by
- el
- The (masculine singular article)
- mundo
- World, earth, or sphere of human activity
- puramente
- Purely, simply, or solely without admixture
- IMAGINADO
- Imagined, fancied, or conceived in the mind
- lo
- The (neuter article), him, it (pronoun)
- absoluto
- Absolute, complete, or without any qualification
- falsificación
- Falsification, forgery, or act of making false
- constante
- Constant, perpetual, or continuous throughout time
- del
- Of the, from the (contraction of de el)
- por
- For, by, through, or because of
- medio
- Middle, means, or medium through which something works
- números
- Numbers, numerals, or quantities expressed in figures
- hombre
- Man, human being, or male person
- no
- No, not (negation particle or adjective)
- podría
- Could, would be able to (conditional of poder)
- vivir
- To live, to exist, or to dwell somewhere
- renuncia
- Renunciation, resignation, or act of refusing something
- sería
- Would be (conditional of ser)
- negación
- Negation, denial, or act of saying no
- RECONOCER
- To recognize, acknowledge, or admit something as true
- FALSEDAD
- Falseness, falsehood, or quality of being false
- COMO
- As, like, or in the capacity of
- UNA
- A, one (feminine singular indefinite article)
- CONDICIÓN
- Condition, requirement, or state of being
- VIDA
- Life, the state of being alive
- eso
- That, it (neuter demonstrative pronoun)
- ciertamente
- Certainly, surely, or without doubt or question
- ideas
- Ideas, thoughts, or conceptions in the mind
- tradicionales
- Traditional, relating to customs passed down through time
- valor
- Value, worth, courage, or bravery in action
- manera
- Manner, way, or method of doing something
- peligrosa
- Dangerous, hazardous, or presenting risk of harm
- filosofía
- Philosophy, study of fundamental nature of knowledge
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