Indo-Germanic philosophy#
Summary#
Nietzsche argues that Indian, Greek, and German philosophies share a “wonderful family resemblance” rooted in common grammatical structures. The unconscious domination of similar linguistic functions prepares thinkers within these traditions for parallel philosophical developments, while barring certain other possibilities of world-interpretation. Philosophers within different language families, such as the Ural-Altaic, likely perceive the world quite differently due to these grammatical and physiological constraints.