Philosophical workers#
Summary#
Nietzsche distinguishes philosophical workers from true philosophers, characterizing the former as scholars who systematize and formalize existing valuations, making the past intelligible and manageable. Following the pattern of Kant and Hegel, these workers fix and formalize what has already been valued and called “truth,” subjugating the entire past to understanding. True philosophers, by contrast, are commanders and lawgivers whose knowing is creating, whose creating is law-giving, and whose will to truth is ultimately will to power.