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What would Nietzsche find problematic about indubitable knowledge?

Question #2. What would Nietzsche find problematic about indubitable knowledge?

Descartes searched for indubitable knowledge because, in his mind, he needed a bedrock foundation to build his other theories upon. Nietzsche would have found that way of problem solving to be entirely inaccurate as well as a waste of time. Nietzsche thought there was no bedrock foundation to build ideas upon. He believed there was no method to learn things and there was no systematic way to learn the truth.

While Descartes liked to sit in front of a fireplace to think since he was a “thinking thing,” Nietzsche would tell him to get off his lazy butt and live. To Nietzsche there was no such thing as a systemat...

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