to recognize its value and regard nothing—not even ourselves—as superior to it. We shall soon see how Nietzsche takes issue with the idea that there are objective truths, which tell us how things really are, and imperatives, which tell us how we ought to behave. According to Nietzsche, truth is contingent and a matter of perspective—so that what is true for you may not be true for me. Nietzsche’s philosophical project does not aspire to the definitive explanation of how the world really is or ought
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