Intrinsic in Nietzsche’s examination of life is the question of truth (reality) and deception (reality). Expressed through subjective examples such as the leaf, reality is based on relativity – arbitrary nomenclature to itemize and collective subjects – and illusions. We as humans try to impose truth (without the awareness that there are many truths from many perspectives which, in essence, are paradoxically lies also because no truth is the truth from every perspective) and have ‘succeeded’ by our ability to forget: just as Nietzsche explains, “truths are illusions about which it has been forgotten that they are illusions, worn-out metaphors…” (p. 250) This solidifies the position that truth and deception are ultimately inseparable. Our reality is defined by forgotten deceptions (translated as truth) that dictate through metaphors and concepts what is acceptable/not and real/not.
-Byron
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Correction: 'collectivize'
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