Human, All Too Human, Part 30 summary
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In 30, the speaker rejects conclusions that treat survival, success, or happiness as proof that something is right or true, and failure or pain as proof of the opposite. The argument also warns that the free spirit can repeat this mistake by treating suffering or failure as evidence of truth or goodness.
What happens
- The speaker identifies the mistake of treating a thing’s existence and ability to survive as grounds for calling it right.
- An opinion’s power to give happiness is wrongly treated as evidence of its truth, confusing usefulness with logical validity.
- The reverse judgment treats failure as evidence of evil and a painful belief as evidence of falsehood.
- The free spirit recognizes the error but can wrongly conclude that failure proves goodness and discomfort proves truth.
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