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Tuesday, June 21, 2016

Nihilism

Introduction
Nihilism is the belief that everything is meanless.  That is so true.  Nothing has inherent meaning.  It only has the meaning you give it.  Friedrich Nietzsche created the best version of this concept.  He thought Europeans should create a new value system since they were becoming scientific.  There are different types of nihilism. There is epistemological nihilism, moral nihilism, political nihilism, and existential nihilism.
History
Friedrich Heinrich Jacobi was the first person to use the word nihilism.  He thought rationalism becomes absurd and should be replaced with faith.  Soren Kierkegaard came up leveling.  Leveling is when all individual uniqueness is reduced to nothing by giving all aspirations the same value.  Friedrich Nietzsche created the best form of nihilism.  He thought Europeans will become nihilistic because they were turning their back on Christianity.  The value system of Europeans was based on Christianity; so he wanted them to create a new value system.

Types
Epistemological Nihilism questions if it's possible to gain true knowledge.
Moral Nihilism is the belief morals are baseless.
Political Nihilism is the beliefs governments are groundless.
Existential Nihilism is the belief that life is meaningless.
Conclusion
Nihilism is a very sweet concept.  The meaning of something comes from what you give it.  Nihilism developed over the centuries.  It has several types.  I would get braingasms when I read about existential nihilism.  When I was 15.

References
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nihilism
http://www.philosophybasics.com/branch_nihilism.html
http://sweetprince.net/words/essays/nietzsche%E2%80%99s-analysis-of-nihilism/
http://academyofideas.com/2012/08/introduction-to-nihilism/


            

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