Talk:Nihilism
Nietzsche is not a nihilist by his own description. Rather, he would have said that people are free to create their own values. Nihilism might instead be viewed as the refuge of people who reject traditional values but won't bother with effort of actually substituting their own. — Unsigned, by: 24.107.19.44 / talk / contribs
- Yeah, it might be. In the same way that atheism might be viewed as the refuge of people who reject traditional religions but won't bother with effort of actually substituting their own. Wěǎšěǐǒǐď
Methinks it is a Weasel 19:23, 17 February 2011 (UTC)
- I don't particularly understand nihilism, mostly because the definitions I've seen of it fail to differentiate between objective meaning and subjective meaning. I mean, obviously there's no objective purpose or morality, but how can someone believe that there isn't any subjective purpose/morality? -- that's like thinking the Earth is flat. Is nihilism a personal rejection of purpose and morality? Is nihilism whatever people want it to be and it's actually a fairly ambiguous term? Fuckertalk to me :D|see my shit 05:24, 21 January 2012 (UTC)
[edit] Kierkegaard a Nihilist?
Everything I've read of his reads straight out of "modern" theology. Can someone provide a cite for this? I'm not an expert on SK, and have not studied him formally. But the three books i've read of his, "Works of love", "Christian discourse", and "Practice" really seem focused on god, a love of god, and the deep love of self giving rise to the love of others.--
En attendant Godot 21:08, 30 June 2011 (UTC)
[edit] Possible Quote
Someone needs to add Kefka's quote from Final Fantasy VI:
"Life... Dreams... Hope... Where do they come from? And where do they go? Such meaningless things... I'll destroy them all!"
What's the wiki's stance on fictional characters?