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“The primary ambition of Nietzsche's critique of knowledge is ... to demonstrate that 'truths' are fictions masking moral commitments.”

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Book:Break-Out from the Crystal Palace: The Anarcho-Psychological Critique: Stirner, Nietzsche, Dostoevsky

Source: Break-Out from the Crystal Palace: The Anarcho-Psychological Critique: Stirner, Nietzsche, Dostoevsky

“In the past we have always assumed that the external world around us has represented reality, however confusing or uncertain, and that the inner world of our minds, its dreams, hopes, ambitions, represented the realm of fantasy, and the imagination. These roles, it seems to me, have been reversed. The most prudent and effective method of dealing with the world around us is to assume that it is a complete fiction - conversely, the one small node of reality left to us is inside of our own heads.”

World Mind Has Beens Dream Reality Seems Past Left Imagination Fiction Roles Fantasy Ambition Method Assuming Realms Uncertain Confusing Prudent Inner World

Author:J. G. Ballard

“I had two competing ambitions when I was a child: I wanted to be a Scientist and Discover Great Things, but I also wanted to be an Author and Write Great Things. I've always tried to combine the analytical with the creative, to some extent or another, because I find it hard to do one without the other. I've worked as a tech journalist, social media consultant, and now am self-publishing fiction.”

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Author:Suw Charman-Anderson

“I think fiction is about small ambition, small failed ambition.”

Thinking Fiction Ambition Crafts

Author:Ethan Canin

“I instantly chucked my academic ambitions and began writing fiction full-time.”

Writing Fiction Ambition Academic Writing Fiction

Author:Peter Straub

“In the mind of all, fiction, in the logical sense, has been the coin of necessity;—in that of poets of amusement—in that of the priest and the lawyer of mischievous immorality in the shape of mischievous ambition,—and too often both priest and lawyer have framed or made in part this instrument.”

Mind Has Beens Made Fiction Poet Shapes Ambition Instruments Lawyer Priests Logical Coins Amusement Immorality Framed Mischievous

Book:The works

Source: The works