Arbitrary. According to the Merriam-Webster Dictionary, the full definition of arbitrary is “based on or determined by individual preference or convenience rather than by necessity or the intrinsic nature of something.” In Friedrich Nietzsche’s On Truth and Lie in an Extra-Moral Sense, Nietzsche links arbitrary with certainty and truth in regard to human intellect. Nietzsche states, “for this intellect has no further mission that would lead beyond human life,” accentuating there has been an age when human intellect did not exist and, nevertheless, the universe continued to exist. (Section 1, Paragraph 2) Thus, when humanity and human intellect will cease to exist, the universe will remain practically unaffected. Only humanity ascribes human intellect significance, “as if the world pivoted around it,” when, in actuality, human intellect is derived from human actions and thoughts and not from the eyes of the universe as humanity presumes. (Section 1, Paragraph 2) Consequently, human intellect misleads humanity into believing humans have a significant impact on the universe despite that this “significant impact” is merely nonexistent. Moreover, Nietzsche contrasts a human with a mosquito, stating if we (humans) had the ability to communicate with the mosquito, we would discover that the mosquito carries the same belief of self-importance within itself in regard to the center of the world. This correlation is amusing because we consider mosquitos inferior to us in the world and would willingly rid the world of them, yet, Nietzsche highlights humanity and mosquitos are similar, stressing once again how purposeless and random human intellect appears in nature. Nietzsche then states, humans “are deeply immersed in illusions and dream images” because “their eye glides only over the surface of things and sees ‘forms,’” not in the quest of truth. (Section 1, Paragraph 4) However, because humans, out of necessity, are social “animals,” they require limitations through a peace pact, which generates the attainment of “truth,” to institute means of interaction between individuals. Resultantly, the distinction between truth and lie originates, as individuals who abide by these limitations embody “truth,” whereas, individuals who do not abide by these limitations are “liars.” To sum up “truth,” Nietzsche states “truths are illusions about which one has forgotten that this is what they are.” (Section 1, Paragraph 9) “Truth” is not objective. Instead, it is artificial and subjective. In a word, truth is man-made.