{"id":1062,"date":"2013-07-29T18:07:37","date_gmt":"2013-07-29T18:07:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/monochromist.com\/2013\/07\/29\/the-ideal-world-says-nietzsche-is-a-lie-invented\/"},"modified":"2013-07-29T18:07:37","modified_gmt":"2013-07-29T18:07:37","slug":"the-ideal-world-says-nietzsche-is-a-lie-invented","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/monochromist.com\/notes\/2013\/07\/29\/the-ideal-world-says-nietzsche-is-a-lie-invented\/","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote><p>The ideal world, says Nietzsche, is a lie invented to deprive reality of its value, its meaning, its truth.<br \/>\nUntil now the ideal has been the curse of reality. This lie has so<br \/>\npervaded humanity that it has been perverted and has falsified itself<br \/>\neven in its deepest instincts, even to the point where it bows down to<br \/>\nvalues directly opposed to those which formerly ensured progress by<br \/>\nensuring the self-transformation of the present.\u00ee The lie of the ideal<br \/>\nis of course merely the truth of the masters. When theft needs legal<br \/>\njustification, when authority raises the banner of the general interest<br \/>\nwhile pursuing private ends with impunity, is it any wonder that the<br \/>\nlie fascinates the minds of men, twisting them to fit its laws until<br \/>\ntheir contortions come to resemble natural human postures?<br \/>\nAnd it is true that man lies because in a world governed by lies he<br \/>\ncannot do otherwise: he is falsehood himself, he is trapped in his<br \/>\nown falsehood. Common sense never underwrites anything except<br \/>\nthe decree promulgated in the name of everyone against the truth.<br \/>\nCommon sense is the lie put into lay terms.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<div class='attribution'><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The ideal world, says Nietzsche, is a lie invented to deprive reality of its value, its meaning, its truth. Until now the ideal has been the curse of reality. This lie has so pervaded humanity that it has been perverted and has falsified itself even in its deepest instincts, even to the point where it [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"quote","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1062","post","type-post","status-publish","format-quote","hentry","category-video_graphics","post_format-post-format-quote"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5sGHy-h8","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":4053,"url":"https:\/\/monochromist.com\/notes\/2011\/02\/24\/the-ideal-world-is-a-lie-invented-to-deprive\/","url_meta":{"origin":1062,"position":0},"title":"The ideal world, is a\u2026","author":"monochromist","date":"February 24, 2011","format":"quote","excerpt":"The ideal world, is a lie invented to deprive reality of its value, its meaning, its truth Nietzsche, Published in\u00a0The Revolution of Everyday Life, 1967.\u00a0Impossible Realisation or Power as the Sum of Seductions\u00a0","rel":"","context":"In &quot;motion&quot;","block_context":{"text":"motion","link":"https:\/\/monochromist.com\/notes\/category\/video_graphics\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":3218,"url":"https:\/\/monochromist.com\/notes\/2011\/04\/09\/the-robot-wisdom-pages\/","url_meta":{"origin":1062,"position":1},"title":"The Robot Wisdom pages","author":"monochromist","date":"April 9, 2011","format":"link","excerpt":"The Robot Wisdom pagesThe traditional ideal:A world ruled by wise, loving, responsible elders The present reality:A world under the thumbs of utterly cynical predators The strategic analysis:Their weak point is their need to rationalize their acts, by\u00a0sophistries The radical proposal:Create a\u00a0computer model\u00a0of the human predicament, that can unflinchingly put the\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;motion&quot;","block_context":{"text":"motion","link":"https:\/\/monochromist.com\/notes\/category\/video_graphics\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":5315,"url":"https:\/\/monochromist.com\/notes\/2014\/10\/17\/i-want-to-taste-a-dream-big-and-fluffy-and-round\/","url_meta":{"origin":1062,"position":2},"title":"awesome sauce","author":"monochromist","date":"October 17, 2014","format":"quote","excerpt":"I want to taste a dream.Big and fluffy and round and blueGobble it up until I can eat no moreI lie down and let it tumble in my tummySleep wont be far off and another dream right beside awesome sauce (via fazail)","rel":"","context":"In &quot;motion&quot;","block_context":{"text":"motion","link":"https:\/\/monochromist.com\/notes\/category\/video_graphics\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":3032,"url":"https:\/\/monochromist.com\/notes\/2011\/05\/03\/processprocessprocess-depeche-mode-i-want-it\/","url_meta":{"origin":1062,"position":3},"title":"processprocessprocess: Depeche Mode - I\u2026","author":"monochromist","date":"May 3, 2011","format":"video","excerpt":"processprocessprocess: Depeche Mode - I Want It All - Touring The Angel (by krzychalDM) I see a riverIt\u2019s oceans that I wantYou have to give me everythingEverything\u2019s not enough It\u2019s my desireTo give myself to youSometimes Sometimes I trySometimes I lie, with youSometimes I crySometimes I die, it\u2019s trueSomewhere I\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;motion&quot;","block_context":{"text":"motion","link":"https:\/\/monochromist.com\/notes\/category\/video_graphics\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":1471,"url":"https:\/\/monochromist.com\/notes\/2013\/07\/16\/ksbmi-the-histories-of-the-universe-lie-in-the\/","url_meta":{"origin":1062,"position":4},"title":"ksbmi: The histories of the\u2026","author":"monochromist","date":"July 16, 2013","format":"audio","excerpt":"ksbmi: The histories of the universe lie in the sleeping sex of a woman Now back in Egypt, the Egyptian Book of the Dead was written because they got these women who were like, you know, that were before the time after 1852. 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