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what did Nietzsche meant by " There is an innocence in lying which is the sign of good faith in a cause "

what did  Nietzsche meant by " There is an innocence in lying which is the sign of good faith in a cause "
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This is Nietzsche flipping the script as per usual. Normally we might consider that people who tell the truth are "innocent" and those who lie are cynical or corrupt.

But here Nietzsche suggests that being honest is something that can only be done by those who have become jaded with respect to overarching "causes," since when one is committed to a cause the ends often justify the means. Here the word "cause" might be understood to be something like an agenda or ideology.