discuss Nihilism. comes from the Latin word Nihil...ill post my opinion later BUT now i have to go start on my stupid AP Bio fish project (check thread Omfg! :lol
if u dont know what nihilism is then heres some info
"Nihilism is the belief that all values are baseless and that nothing can be known or communicated. It is often associated with extreme pessimism and a radical skepticism that condemns existence. A true nihilist would believe in nothing, have no loyalties, and no purpose other than, perhaps, an impulse to destroy. While few philosophers would claim to be nihilists, nihilism is most often associated with Friedrich Nietzsche who argued that its corrosive effects would eventually destroy all moral, religious, and metaphysical convictions and precipitate the greatest crisis in human history. In the 20th century, nihilistic themes--epistemological failure, value destruction, and cosmic purposelessness--have preoccupied artists, social critics, and philosophers. Mid-century, for example, the existentialists helped popularize tenets of nihilism in their attempts to blunt its destructive potential. By the end of the century, existential despair as a response to nihilism gave way to an attitude of indifference, often associated with antifoundationalism."
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I consider Nihilism to be a self-fulfilling philosophy. If someone addopts Nihilism, he will act in a negative way, and, because he acts negatively, people are likely to react in kind, justifying his Nihilism, at least in his own mind.
My personal reaction to Nihilism (and I realize that it's a sort of heartless way to think) is that if the world is so bleak and meaningless, nobody is keeling you here.
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A nihilist doesn't really see the world as a horrible place, does he? The complete lack of norms and values just gives him a huge freedom to do as he pleases. This amount of freedom can be scary to some, but to the strong person, the übermensch I think Nietzsche ( that bugger's got the most horrible, complicated name!) calls him, it's ideal.
But then again, I'm not that strong in philosophy, so do correct me if I'm wrong (which is very likely).
You are right. But There are many waves of nihilism with influences of many other philosophies of live during the last century. And you can still have your own norms and values. Just seeing the bad things of present society doesn't implies a destructive way of life. I like to think in all as a permanent mutation of ourselves tending to choose the wrong option. And your role is to try to invert the necessary pessimism that real live - maybe not your, but generalising - create in us.
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You know what I think??? I think that Nihilists are crazy and they have mental cases!!!!!!!!!! If I saw one I will destroy him with a bazooka because he doesnt care because he doesnt think I have a purpose....
given with world circumstances i would imagine that we are digging our selves in a whole. Socially, economically and, you know, morally. So, with this, nihilism is usally just a buzz word for people to think more of themselves than really is there. It is more about the unravelling of a life style and revealing the true "cogs" of what makes it "tick".
God, i hate using this crappy sentence structure. it is so unbelievably pretentious. So, i am sorry for that.
but anywho, nihilism has itself detangled into just anxt. a hissy fit syndrome. There are reasons for it, but people are just too damn lazy to understand it.
Nihilism is so pas-ay.
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"there was a meeting about it last night"
plus, there a great movie about nihilism Naked and Fight Club to name the least. those were great.
Nihilisim is the one condition reality finds itself in. That's why art is the true purpose of life, as Nietzsche said. Our purpose is to create an unreal condition of meaning in our lives in order to avoid suicide.
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May 7th, 2004 09:51 PM
good luck with that fish dude 
