Quotes by Nihilism Nietzsche saw that ultimately the problem of nihilism is the problem of what to do with time: Why keep investing in the future when there is no longer any transcendental guarantor, a positive end of time as ultimate reconciliation or redemption, ensuring a pay-off for this investment? Nietzsche's solution - his attempted overcoming of nihilism - consists in affirming the senselessness of becoming as such - all becoming, without reservation or discrimination. Ray Brassier redemption overcoming nihilism Nihilism is not an existential quandary but a speculative opportunity. Ray Brassier existential nihilism opportunity There is no one as dangerous as he or she who has nothing to lose. Rebecca Solnit nothing-to-lose dangerous nihilism Suffering is a byproduct of evolution by natural selection, an inevitable consequence that may worry us in our more sympathetic moments but cannot be expected to worry a tiger - even if a tiger can be said to worry about anything at all - and certainly cannot be expected to worry its genes. Richard Dawkins suffering nihilism worry Your drive to produce hard-edged opinions stoked by hostility is likely a sign that you've been brainwashed by the pedestrian influences of pop nihilism. Rob Brezsny influence opinion nihilism I am against nationalism, and I am against patriotism. They are both the dark side. It is time not simply to redefine a kinder-and-gentler patriotism, but to sweep away the notion and acknowledge it as morally, politically, and intellectually bankrupt. It is time to scrap patriotism. Robert Jensen nihilism dark sides Belief and seeing are both often wrong. Robert McNamara seeing belief nihilism You don't realize all the things you have in this world, much more than you need, and you do much less than you can. Roberto Canessa nihilism world needs Science, Nietzsche had warned, is becoming a factory, and the result will be ethical nihilism. Rollo May existential becoming nihilism Philosophy isn't programmed into us, and a lot of the forces of our culture steadfastly work against it. Philosophy, for me, is a way of resisting the nihilism of the present by making, creating, affirming. By going on. Simon Critchley creating nihilism philosophy Just to say "Well, God is dead" in one breath is to say, in another, that nothing means anything. This is the moment of nihilism. Nihilism is the affirmation of meaninglessness. Simon Critchley affirmation nihilism mean Tragedy is a vision of nihilism, a heroic or ennobling vision of nihilism. Susan Sontag vision tragedy nihilism Meanings generating meanings - the process has backed us into a particular corner, a kind of cave, where sunlight seldom enters. Tarthang Tulku caves kind nihilism Moral nihilism comes with a price we can now see. Torbjorn Tannsjo moral nihilism We should not accept moral nihilism unless we find strong arguments to do so. Torbjorn Tannsjo moral strong nihilism It is of note that for a long time moral nihilism was a kind of unquestioned default position in analytic moral philosophy. Torbjorn Tannsjo nihilism philosophy long Are there any good arguments in defence of moral nihilism? I think not. Torbjorn Tannsjo moral nihilism thinking Maybe those nihilist philosophers are right; maybe this is all we can expect of the universe, a relentless crushing of life and spirit, because the equilibrium state of the cosmos is death. Unknown crush spirit nihilism Nearly half of the American population is eagerly anticipating the end of the world. This dewy-eyed nihilism provides absolutely no incentive to build a sustainable civilization. Many of these people are lunatics, but they are not the lunatic fringe. Unknown nihilism people world Scientists are skeptics. It's unfortunate that the word 'skeptic' has taken on other connotations in the culture involving nihilism and cynicism. Really, in its pure and original meaning, it's just thoughtful inquiry. Unknown thoughtful taken nihilism «123456»
