Will to delusion#
Summary#
Nietzsche introduces the will to delusion as a counterpoint to the metaphysicians’ belief in the antithesis of values. Rather than assuming that truth must originate from truth and goodness from goodness, he suggests that pretence, selfishness, and the will to delusion might hold a higher and more fundamental value for life. These seemingly negative qualities may even be essentially identical with the “good and respected things” that metaphysicians prize.