So far there has been no philosopher in whose hands philosophy has not…

Friedrich Nietzsche
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So far there has been no philosopher in whose hands philosophy has not grown into an apology for knowledge; on this point, at least, every one is an optimist, that the greatest usefulness must be ascribed to knowledge. They are all tyrannized over by logic, and this is optimism in its essence. ✨ Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche (1965). The Philosophy of Nietzsche, Signet Book
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