Maybe those nihilist philosophers are right; maybe this is all we can expect of the universe, a relentless crushing of life and… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
But why should a religious person be interested in a work like Heidegger's that many regard as the epitome of nihilism? For… — George Pattison Copy Share Image
“You have to take an interest in something in life, I told myself. I wondered what could interest me, now that I… — Michel Houellebecq Copy Share Image
The moral nihilism of celebrity culture is played out on reality television shows, most of which encourage a dark voyeurism into other… — Chris Hedges Copy Share Image
Nihilism in American comedy came along way before 'The Simpsons.' There was a fairly nihilistic point of view to 'Saturday Night Live,'… — Matt Groening Copy Share Image
“Systems built on hierarchy, separation, and power are finally cracking. But the collapse isn’t the end. It’s the pivot. The evolutionary pressure… — Paule Patterson Copy Share Image
In the doctrine of the world and humankind as 'will to power and nothing else', Heidegger identified not an antidote to nihilism,… — David E. Cooper Copy Share Image
People have to be engaged. Enough of nihilism! Enough of emptiness and defeatism! Fighting for a better world is not only the… — Andre Vltchek Copy Share Image
“Filming a scene, there are countless takes of the same incident. Someone watching in the street - obviously a provincial - can't… — Emil M. Cioran Copy Share Image
Though nihilism has been relentlessly criticized for overemphasizing the dark side of human experience, it might be equally true that this overemphasis… — John Marmysz Copy Share Image
“If there is no extant God and no extant gods, no good and no evil, no right and no wrong, no meaning… — Mitchell Heisman Copy Share Image
“Nihilism remains partial until it is realized that the reductio ad hominem56 is actually a reductio hominis. “The night brought on by… — Mark C. Taylor Copy Share Image
Free men are aware of the imperfection inherent in human affairs, and they are willing to fight and die for that which… — Eric Hoffer Copy Share Image
If your stories were real I would scream my dissolution amongst the searching soul; if wishes were not so unreal I would… — Marc Broude Copy Share Image
“Such is the trend of Nihilism. It occurs to no one to educate the masses to the level of true culture -… — Oswald Spengler Copy Share Image
“More profoundly, Nihilist "simplification" may be seen in the universal prestige today accorded the lowest order of knowledge, the scientific, as well… — Seraphim Rose Copy Share Image
“He thinks and speaks with a ruthlessness that makes no attempt to find dialectical excuses for the eternal uncertainty of humankind. Anyone… — Juli Zeh Copy Share Image
The Only cure for nihilism is for liberal democratic societies - their electorates, their judiciary, and their political leadership- to insist that… — Michael Ignatieff Copy Share Image
The attack against dogmas as such, therefore, strongly resembles the struggle against the general legal foundations of a state, and , as… — Adolf Hitler Copy Share Image
“Some might say what I’m recommending amounts to electoral nihilism. We would end up giving the presidency over to Republicans and their… — Eddie S. Glaude Jr Copy Share Image
“..."I might be entertaining the idea of tamping down my nihilism. Just a bit. Not because life is not meaningless—I think that’s… — Daryl Gregory Copy Share Image
“humanity suffers terribly from the demons it has created over lengths of time. we learn from nothing that we do. we create… — Jeffrey Fischer Copy Share Image
“It was sometimes feebly argued, as the political and military war against this enemy ran into difficulties, that it was 'a war… — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
“Death appears as the harsh victory of the law of our ancestors of the dimension of our becoming. It is a fact… — Frere Dupont Copy Share Image
“As for the belief that humanity is mostly good, Secular humanism, when in that alignment, always presumes the existence of a higher… — Criss Jami Copy Share Image
In face of this modern nihilism, Christians are often lacking in courage. We tend to give the impression that we will hold… — Francis Schaeffer Copy Share Image
“One day about a month ago, I really hit bottom. You know, I just felt that in a Godless universe, I didn't… — Woody Allen Copy Share Image
The man of the future who will redeem us not only from the hitherto reigning ideal but also from that which was… — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
“...only the one who knows and practices the iconoclastic fury of destruction can possess the joy born of freedom, of that unique… — Renzo Novatore Copy Share Image
“Why, the whole world of knowledge is not worth that child's prayer to 'dear, kind God'! I say nothing of the sufferings… — Fyodor Dostoevsky Copy Share Image
“When we hear the ancient bells growling on a Sunday morning we ask ourselves: Is it really possible! This, for a jew,… — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
I think human consciousness, is a tragic misstep in evolution. We became too self-aware, nature created an aspect of nature separate from… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“The place was a truck stop town. Large 18 wheelers lined the sidewalks and cafes. Giant diesel motors roaring their exhaust into… — Jaime Allison Parker Copy Share Image
...What is at stake is civilization and humanity, nothing less. The idea that everything is permitted, as Nietzsche put it, rests on… — Irving Kristol Copy Share Image
“Spoilers follow I started reading the third act of Hamlet, and I got about two pages in when I realized there's no… — Megan Crewe Copy Share Image
“Dalin must have whiffed the anarch in me, a man with no ties to state or society. Still, he was unable to… — Ernst Jünger Copy Share Image
“If the Christian dogmas of a revengeful God, universal sinfulness, election by divine grace and the danger of eternal damnation were true,… — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
“Life is a useless passion, an exciting journey of a mammal in survival mode. Each day is a miracle, a blessing unexplored… — Mohadesa Najumi Copy Share Image
I'm not sure if Cupitt himself still uses this term, but it's useful in suggesting that, actually, there are more choices than… — George Pattison Copy Share Image
“To speak evil' is to speak this fateful, paradoxical situation that is the reversible concatenation of good and evil. That is to… — Jean Baudrillard Copy Share Image
