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German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche (1844-1900) is sometimes dismissed as a malevolent figure, obsessed with the problem of nihilism and the "death of God". Understandably, these ideas are

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Among the countless apprehensions or fixations that haunted the 20th century, the question of nihilism was undoubtedly a fundamental one. Far from being a mere philosophical concern, the succession of sociopolitical conflicts that shook Europe during this period made its presence (or as Nietzsche would call it, the 'specter of nihilism') permeate the totality of the West (at the very core

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Nihilism, in fact, can be understood in several different ways. Political Nihilism, as noted, is associated with the belief that the destruction of all existing political, social, and religious order is a prerequisite for any future improvement. Ethical nihilism or moral nihilism rejects the possibility of absolute moral or ethical values

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Nietzsche's nihilism, on the other hand, is thorough and existentially committing; he rejects as meaningless most Western philosophical and theological traditions and condemns European culture as decadent and devoid of content. Surprisingly, however, we look in vain in his work for despair in the face of the loss of meaning; in fact, Nietzsche

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Nietzschean nihilism is a complex phenomenon with socio-cultural, cognitive, and affective dimensions. As a particular historical, socio-cultural phenomenon treated by Nietzsche, nihilism is "European nihilism": the specifically European and Judeo-Christian denigration of this-worldly existence, either explicitly stated or implied by particular belief systems or ideologies (KSA 12:2[131]).

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Overcoming nihilism must mean, first of all, the modification of reality, the modification of what hap-pens, and not of one's outlook. 3 . Why must we call what is happening around us "nihilism"? How is it that the historical process, that history itself, has assumed such a meaning? God is dead, Nietzsche tells us: that's what happened.

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Nietzsche outlines three key cosmological values that one is obliged to abandon once one has reached the stage of nihilism: (1) the idea that there is any purpose or goal in the universe or in human existence; (2) the notion that the universe constitutes some kind of unity or coherent system; and (3) the very notion of truth itself.

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Friedrich Nietzsche (1844—1900) Nietzsche was a German philosopher, essayist, and cultural critic. His writings on truth, morality, language, aesthetics, cultural theory, history, nihilism, power, consciousness, and the meaning of existence have exerted an enormous influence on Western philosophy and intellectual history. Nietzsche spoke of "the death of God," and foresaw the dissolution

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The twenty-nine references to nihilism in his published (or authorized) work are just too sketchy and disconnected to provide an adequate basis for understanding Nietzsche's take on nihilism by themselves. 1 On the other hand, his notebooks contain a wealth of connected material on nihilism, material that he was clearly planning to use in

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For the latter is absolutely not self-evident' [TI, eum,s5] - For Nietzsche, the morals of the modern age are ultimately derived from Christianity, for example, selflessness, humility, equality, pleasure as good, pain as bad, compassion, etc. These types of morals Nz calls slave morals. - Theoretical nihilism is the view that these, or

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For Friedrich Nietzsche, nihilism is a terrible psychological problem - a coping mechanism with deadly consequences. Friedrich Nietzsche's well-known reputation as a philosophical provocateur is partly the result of his commitment to disabusing his readers of a variety of beliefs: their beliefs in a higher purpose, in an afterlife, in disinterested knowledge, in the absolute value of

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clarification of Nietzsche's understanding of nihilism in several different ways. When Nietzsche explicitly talks about "the history of European nihilism" (in text 8 from Appendix A, for example), that is generally intended as a history of the (near) future, that is to say, "of the next two centuries" (text 9).

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The idea of eternal recurrence is necessary if nihilism is to achieve its most extreme form - and if it is to be overcome. Nietzsche's shadow. Nietzsche died almost unknown, mad and silent, having achieved little impact or rec-ognition during his lifetime and a scarce following in the years subsequent to his death.

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For Nietzsche, nihilism applied to both the modern trends of value-destruction expressed in the 'death of God', as well as what he saw as the life-denying morality of Christianity. ... All things are subject to change and taking any impermanent phenomena to be a self causes suffering. Nonetheless, his critics called him a nihilist who teaches

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Nietzsche's moral philosophy is primarily critical in orientation: he attacks morality both for its commitment to untenable descriptive (metaphysical and empirical) claims about human agency, as well as for the deleterious impact of its distinctive norms and values on the flourishing of the highest types of human beings (Nietzsche's

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Nietzschean nihilism is examined and German nihilism distinguished from Russian. The problem of philosophical modernity is how to confront the problem of nihilism after one has seen how the values of Enlightenment not only fail to get a grip on everyday life, but lead instead to its progressive dissolution.

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Nihilism: History, Philosophy, Theories. A philosophy that seeks to understand the meaning of life—or lack thereof. Nihilism is a family of views that works around the shared premise that there is no inherent value, meaning and order to life (independent of the value/meaning we create). You'll usually hear something like "everything is

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Responding to critiques of Nietzsche's approach to suffering—particularly to the charge that he fails to account for useless, excessive forms of distress—the chapter claims that Nietzsche's thought evinces a profound sensitivity towards the problem of 'senseless suffering' and its tie to 'suicidal nihilism'. The chapter

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Western people still sometimes sacrifice themselves for 'God and freedom'. Nietzsche was right to predict that Western values would slowly lose their power to commit, their power to provide direction and meaning to one's life. He was right to predict the arrival of nihilism. Keywords: Nietzsche, Plato, Christian theology, astronomy, physics

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Nietzsche's Ethics. The ethical thought of German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche (1844-1900) can be divided into two main components. The first is critical: Nietzsche offers a wide-ranging critique of morality as it currently exists. The second is Nietzsche's positive ethical philosophy, which focuses primarily on what constitutes health

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In this article, I discuss how Nietzsche's critique of nihilism concerns the complicity between Christian morality and modern atheism. I unpack in what sense Schopenhauer's ascetic denial of the will signifies a return to nothingness, what he calls the nihil negativum . I argue that Nietzsche's formulation of nihilism specifically targets Schopenhauer's pessimism as the culmination of

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Nietzsche defines nihilism as the devaluation of highest values. Nihilism is "the recognition of the long waste of strength, the agony of the 'in vain,' inse

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The video explains how Nietzsche defines nihilism. After defining nihilism, the video illustrates four phenomena that Nietzsche believes lead to nihilism. The phenomena which the video mentions are: religion, lack of higher species, anthropocentrism and anthropomorphism, and herd mentality. It is moreover briefly explained what Nietzsche means