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I fear that, with our current veneration for the natural and the real, we have arrived at the opposite pole to all idealism, and have landed in the region of the waxworks.
Interpretation
What this quote means
Nietzsche critiques society's obsession with the 'natural' and 'real', warning that it leads to a lack of idealism and authenticity.
In this quote, Friedrich Nietzsche expresses a concern that contemporary society's admiration for the tangible and realistic has pushed it away from the realm of idealism, reducing human experience to something artificial and lifeless, akin to waxworks. He suggests that this trend risks devaluing the richness of human imagination and aspiration, promoting a diminished worldview that fails to appreciate deeper truths and ideals.
Themes
IdealismRealismPhilosophyAuthenticityImagination
In practice
Example use cases
In a lecture about the importance of creativity and imagination in education.
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