When Nietzsche Writes That Socrates and Other Western Philosophers Have

question 32

Multiple Choice

When Nietzsche writes that Socrates and other Western philosophers have turned "reason into a tyrant," he

• A) shares the author of Ecclesiastes' belief that "all is vanity."
• B) agrees with the idea that the meaning of life should be based on the pursuit of wisdom.
• C) thinks a life single-mindedly devoted to reason is a fanatical life.
• D) agrees with Buddhists who look to nirvana as the extinction of all desires that lead to suffering.

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