In 1873, a German philosopher named Frederich Nietzsche wrote an essay entitled "On Truth and Lies in a Non-Moral Sense", which addresses a broad epistemological question of truth and language, notably the formation of concepts. In this essay, Nietzsche attempts to explain the origin of people's understanding of truth and lies. Nietzsche points out that the brain classifies everything it encounters into groups of systematically similar objects called concepts. He uses concept formation and the use of metaphors to demonstrate that although many metaphors do not correspond to reality, they lead one to question whether their "truth" actually exists. Nietzsche said: “We think we know something about things themselves when we speak of trees, colors, snow, and flowers; and yet we only possess metaphors of things, metaphors which in no way correspond to the original entities” (118). He suggests that while one can understand the language used to describe certain concepts such as trees, colors, and snow, these are only generalizations and no real knowledge on the subject exists in the metaphors. Language and metaphors are something that all humans use and Nietzsche argues that humans forget that after creating these metaphorical words and/or phrases, humans hastily conclude that they are true because they seem acceptable and that They forget to have to link real reality to the language used. used (Glenn 2004). This exegetical article will reflect on the last two lines of page 144 and the first two lines of page 145 of the text. This section occurs in the middle of the text when Nietzsche explains that language does not fully explain meaning. Nietzsche stat...... middle of paper ...... topics are described using language accepted by those around him. them, does not provide accurate and realistic knowledge of what people actually experience. This suggests that because every human being experiences situations differently, they cannot or should not be explained using the same words or language. Nietzsche argues that because a word can mean many different things to many different people, there is no exact truth or complete explanation. Nietzsche argues that understanding objects and/or things through systematic groupings or concepts is not possible since every organism and object is individualized and unique in one way or another and therefore cannot be considered similar to no other object and/or thing. Accordingly, Nietzsche suggests that the only "truth" resulting from the use of metaphors is that of a form of deception or lying..