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!
A Vontade de Verdade, que nos há de tentar a muitas e arriscadas empresas, a famosa Veracidade de que todos os filósofos até agora falaram com respeito, quantas questões esta Vontade de Verdade não nos colocou!
What strange, perplexing, questionable questions!
Que questões estranhas, desconcertantes, questionáveis!
It is already a long story; yet it seems as if it were hardly commenced.
Já é uma longa história; e no entanto parece como se mal tivesse começado.
Is it any wonder if we at last grow distrustful, lose patience, and turn impatiently away?
Será de admirar que acabemos por nos tornarmos desconfiados, que percamos a paciência e nos afastemos impacientemente?
That this Sphinx teaches us at last to ask questions ourselves?
Que esta Esfinge nos ensine afinal a fazer perguntas nós próprios?
WHO is it really that puts questions to us here?
QUEM é realmente que nos coloca aqui questões?
WHAT really is this "Will to Truth" in us?
O QUE é realmente esta "Vontade de Verdade" em nós?
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.
De facto, detivemo-nos longamente na questão da origem desta Vontade -- até que por fim chegámos a uma paragem absoluta diante de uma questão ainda mais fundamental.
We inquired about the VALUE of this Will.
Interrogámo-nos sobre o VALOR desta Vontade.
Granted that we want the truth: WHY NOT RATHER untruth?
Admitindo que queremos a verdade: POR QUE NÃO ANTES a inverdade?
And uncertainty?
E a incerteza?
Even ignorance?
Até mesmo a ignorância?
The problem of the value of truth presented itself before us--or was it we who presented ourselves before the problem?
O problema do valor da verdade apresentou-se diante de nós -- ou fomos nós que nos apresentámos diante do problema?
Which of us is the Oedipus here?
Qual de nós é aqui o Édipo?
Which the Sphinx?
Qual a Esfinge?
It would seem to be a rendezvous of questions and notes of interrogation.
Pareceria ser um encontro de questões e pontos de interrogação.
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 poderia acreditar-se que nos parece afinal como se o problema nunca tivesse sido anteriormente proposto, como se fôssemos os primeiros a discerni-lo, a avistá-lo e a ARRISCARMO-NOS A LEVANTÁ-LO?
Vocabulary
- Vontade
- Will, desire, or intention to do something
- Verdade
- Truth; something factually accurate or real
- há
- There is, there are; third-person form of haver
- tentar
- To try, attempt, or endeavor to do something
- muitas
- Many; feminine plural form of muito
- arriscadas
- Risky, daring; feminine plural adjective describing danger
- empresas
- Enterprises, ventures, or business undertakings
- famosa
- Famous, well-known, renowned; feminine singular adjective
- Veracidade
- Veracity, truthfulness, accuracy of a statement
- todos
- All, every; masculine plural form of todo
- filósofos
- Philosophers; scholars who study fundamental questions
- até
- Until, up to, even; preposition indicating extent
- agora
- Now, at this moment or current time
- falaram
- They spoke or talked; past tense of falar
- respeito
- Respect, regard; also means concerning or about
- quantas
- How many; feminine plural interrogative or exclamative
- questões
- Questions, issues, or matters under discussion
- esta
- This; feminine singular demonstrative pronoun or adjective
- colocou
- Placed, posed, raised; past tense of colocar
- estranhas
- Strange, odd, unusual; feminine plural adjective
- desconcertantes
- Disconcerting, unsettling, or puzzling; plural adjective
- questionáveis
- Questionable, debatable, open to doubt; plural adjective
- Já
- Already, now, right away; adverb of time
- longa
- Long; feminine singular adjective describing duration or length
- história
- History or story; narrative of past events
- entanto
- However, nevertheless; used in no entanto construction
- parece
- Seems, appears; third-person singular of parecer
- mal
- Barely, hardly; also means evil or poorly
- tivesse
- Had; past subjunctive form of ter
- começado
- Begun, started; past participle of começar
- Será
- Will be, could it be; future of ser used rhetorically
- admirar
- To admire or to wonder at something
- acabemos
- We end up; first-person plural subjunctive of acabar
- tornarmos
- We become; infinitive of tornar in reflexive construction
- desconfiados
- Suspicious, distrustful; masculine plural adjective
- percamos
- We lose; first-person plural subjunctive of perder
- paciência
- Patience; ability to wait calmly without complaint
- afastemos
- We distance or turn away; subjunctive of afastar
- impacientemente
- Impatiently; adverb describing lack of patience
- Esfinge
- Sphinx; mythological creature known for posing riddles
- ensine
- Teach; third-person singular subjunctive of ensinar
- afinal
- After all, in the end, ultimately
- fazer
- To do or to make; common infinitive verb
- perguntas
- Questions; plural noun from the verb perguntar
- próprios
- Own, selves; masculine plural adjective meaning themselves
- QUEM
- Who; interrogative pronoun referring to a person
- realmente
- Really, truly, actually; adverb emphasizing truth
- coloca
- Places, poses, raises; third-person singular of colocar
- aqui
- Here, in this place; adverb of location
- facto
- Fact; used in de facto meaning in reality
- detivemo-nos
- We stopped, we dwelt upon; reflexive past of deter
- longamente
- At length, for a long time; adverb of duration
- questão
- Question, issue, or matter under consideration
- origem
- Origin, source, or beginning of something
- fim
- End, conclusion, or purpose of something
- chegámos
- We arrived, we reached; past tense of chegar
- paragem
- Stop, halt; a complete cessation of movement
- absoluta
- Absolute, complete, total; feminine singular adjective
- diante
- Before, in front of, faced with something
- ainda
- Still, yet, even; adverb indicating continuation
- fundamental
- Fundamental, essential, basic; key or foundational
- Interrogámo-nos
- We questioned ourselves; reflexive past of interrogar
- VALOR
- Value, worth, importance of something
- Admitindo
- Admitting, assuming, granting; gerund of admitir
- queremos
- We want; first-person plural of querer
- verdade
- Truth; factual accuracy or sincerity
- ANTES
- Rather, before, instead; adverb of preference or time
- inverdade
- Untruth, falsehood; the opposite of truth
- incerteza
- Uncertainty, doubt; state of not knowing
- Até
- Even, until, up to; preposition or adverb
- mesmo
- Even, same, itself; emphasizing word or adjective
- ignorância
- Ignorance, lack of knowledge or awareness
- problema
- Problem, issue, difficulty to be resolved
- valor
- Value, worth; importance assigned to something
- apresentou-se
- Presented itself, arose; reflexive past of apresentar
- fomos
- We were, we went; past tense of ser or ir
- apresentámos
- We presented; first-person plural past of apresentar
- Qual
- Which, what; interrogative pronoun seeking specification
- Édipo
- Oedipus; Greek mythological figure who solved the Sphinx's riddle
- Pareceria
- It would seem; conditional form of parecer
- encontro
- Encounter, meeting; coming across something or someone
- pontos
- Points, dots; plural of ponto
- interrogação
- Question, interrogation; act of questioning or questioning mark
- poderia
- Could, would be able; conditional of poder
- acreditar-se
- To believe oneself, to be believed; reflexive of acreditar
- nunca
- Never; adverb of negation regarding time
- sido
- Been; past participle of ser
- anteriormente
- Previously, before, formerly; adverb of prior time
- proposto
- Proposed, put forward; past participle of propor
- fôssemos
- We were; past subjunctive of ser
- primeiros
- First; masculine plural ordinal adjective
- discerni-lo
- To discern it, perceive it; infinitive of discernir
- avistá-lo
- To sight it, catch sight of it; infinitive of avistar
- ARRISCARMO-NOS
- To risk ourselves, dare; reflexive infinitive of arriscar
- LEVANTÁ-LO
- To raise it, lift it up; infinitive of levantar
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