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!
La Volontà di Verità, che ci dovrebbe tentare verso molte un'impresa rischiosa, la famosa Veracità di cui tutti i filosofi hanno finora parlato con rispetto, quali domande questa Volontà di Verità non ci ha posto dinanzi!
What strange, perplexing, questionable questions!
Che domande strane, sconcertanti, discutibili!
It is already a long story; yet it seems as if it were hardly commenced.
È già una lunga storia; eppure sembra come se fosse appena cominciata.
Is it any wonder if we at last grow distrustful, lose patience, and turn impatiently away?
C'è da meravigliarsi se alla fine diventiamo diffidenti, perdiamo la pazienza e ci voltiamo impaziente dall'altra parte?
That this Sphinx teaches us at last to ask questions ourselves?
Che questa Sfinge ci insegni alla fine a porre domande noi stessi?
WHO is it really that puts questions to us here?
CHI è davvero colui che ci pone domande qui?
WHAT really is this "Will to Truth" in us?
COSA è davvero questa «Volontà di Verità» in noi?
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.
In realtà ci siamo fermati a lungo sulla questione dell'origine di questa Volontà -- fino a quando alla fine siamo giunti a un arresto assoluto dinanzi a una domanda ancora più fondamentale.
We inquired about the VALUE of this Will.
Abbiamo indagato sul VALORE di questa Volontà.
Granted that we want the truth: WHY NOT RATHER untruth?
Ammesso che vogliamo la verità: PERCHÉ NON PIUTTOSTO la menzogna?
And uncertainty?
E l'incertezza?
Even ignorance?
Persino l'ignoranza?
The problem of the value of truth presented itself before us--or was it we who presented ourselves before the problem?
Il problema del valore della verità si è presentato davanti a noi -- o siamo stati noi a presentarci davanti al problema?
Which of us is the Oedipus here?
Chi di noi è qui l'Edipo?
Which the Sphinx?
Chi la Sfinge?
It would seem to be a rendezvous of questions and notes of interrogation.
Sembrerebbe essere un appuntamento di domande e punti interrogativi.
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?
E si potrebbe credere che alla fine ci sembri come se il problema non fosse mai stato posto prima, come se fossimo i primi a scorgerlo, a intravederlo, e ad OSARE SOLLEVARLO?
Vocabulary
- Volontà
- Will, strong desire or determination to act
- Verità
- Truth, the quality of being true or accurate
- dovrebbe
- Should, third person singular conditional of dovere
- tentare
- To tempt, attempt, or try something
- verso
- Toward, in the direction of something
- impresa
- Enterprise, undertaking, or challenging venture
- rischiosa
- Risky, dangerous, involving significant risk or hazard
- famosa
- Famous, widely known and celebrated
- Veracità
- Truthfulness, the quality of being habitually truthful
- cui
- Relative pronoun meaning whom, which, or whose
- filosofi
- Philosophers, thinkers who study fundamental questions
- finora
- Until now, up to this point in time
- rispetto
- Respect, esteem or consideration for someone
- quali
- Which, what kind of; interrogative or relative pronoun
- domande
- Questions, requests for information or clarification
- posto
- Placed, put; past participle of porre
- dinanzi
- Before, in front of, ahead of us
- strane
- Strange, odd, unusual or peculiar things
- sconcertanti
- Disconcerting, puzzling, unsettling or bewildering things
- discutibili
- Debatable, questionable, open to discussion or dispute
- già
- Already, previously, by this time
- storia
- Story, history, or narrative account
- eppure
- And yet, nevertheless, despite that fact
- sembra
- Seems, appears; third person singular of sembrare
- fosse
- Were, third person singular imperfect subjunctive of essere
- appena
- Just, barely, only just recently
- cominciata
- Begun, started; feminine past participle of cominciare
- meravigliarsi
- To marvel, to be amazed or wonder at something
- fine
- End, conclusion, or purpose of something
- diventiamo
- We become; first person plural present of diventare
- diffidenti
- Distrustful, suspicious, or wary of others
- perdiamo
- We lose; first person plural present of perdere
- pazienza
- Patience, the ability to wait calmly
- voltiamo
- We turn; first person plural present of voltare
- impaziente
- Impatient, unable to wait calmly
- parte
- Part, side, direction, or role
- Sfinge
- Sphinx, mythological creature posing riddles
- insegni
- Teach; third person singular present subjunctive of insegnare
- porre
- To pose, place, or put a question
- stessi
- Ourselves, same; reflexive emphatic pronoun
- davvero
- Really, truly, indeed
- colui
- He who, that person; demonstrative pronoun
- pone
- Poses, places; third person singular present of porre
- realtà
- Reality, the actual state of things
- fermati
- Stopped, halted; past participle of fermarsi
- lungo
- Long, lengthy; or along as a preposition
- questione
- Question, issue, or matter under discussion
- origine
- Origin, source, beginning of something
- fino
- Until, up to a certain point in time
- giunti
- Arrived, reached; past participle of giungere
- arresto
- Stop, halt, arrest; a complete stopping point
- assoluto
- Absolute, complete, unconditional
- domanda
- Question, inquiry, or request
- ancora
- Still, yet, again, or more
- fondamentale
- Fundamental, basic, essential, of primary importance
- indagato
- Investigated, inquired into; past participle of indagare
- VALORE
- Value, worth, importance of something
- Ammesso
- Granted, admitted, assuming; past participle of ammettere
- vogliamo
- We want; first person plural present of volere
- verità
- Truth, the quality of being true
- PIUTTOSTO
- Rather, instead, preferably
- menzogna
- Lie, falsehood, deliberate untruth
- incertezza
- Uncertainty, doubt, lack of certainty
- Persino
- Even, including even; emphatic adverb
- ignoranza
- Ignorance, lack of knowledge or awareness
- problema
- Problem, issue, difficulty to be resolved
- valore
- Value, worth, importance or merit
- presentato
- Presented itself; past participle of presentare
- davanti
- Before, in front of, ahead
- presentarci
- To present itself to us; reflexive infinitive
- Edipo
- Oedipus, Greek mythological hero who solved the Sphinx's riddle
- Sembrerebbe
- It would seem; third person singular conditional of sembrare
- appuntamento
- Appointment, date, rendezvous, or scheduled meeting
- punti
- Points, dots; here referring to question marks
- interrogativi
- Question marks; interrogative signs or doubtful matters
- potrebbe
- Could, might; third person singular conditional of potere
- credere
- To believe, think, trust in something
- sembri
- Seems; third person singular present subjunctive of sembrare
- mai
- Never, ever; temporal negation or emphasis
- prima
- Before, first, previously in time
- fossimo
- We were; first person plural imperfect subjunctive of essere
- scorgerlo
- To notice it, to catch sight of it
- intravederlo
- To glimpse it, to barely perceive or see it
- OSARE
- To dare, to have the courage to do something
- SOLLEVARLO
- To raise it, to bring it up as an issue
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