2006-10-10 11:36:43 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
Yes...I was trying to be sarcastic...
2006-10-10 12:06:56 · update #1
I was a failure at being a nihilist... does that mean I'm a successful failure, a double nihilist, or a fancy failure?
2006-10-11 13:27:30 · answer #1 · answered by opifan64 5 · 2⤊ 1⤋
I think nihilist is a tormented mind. Yes a new word for failure to see the truth in the unreal.
2006-10-10 13:51:34 · answer #2 · answered by ol's one 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There are several ways to define nihilism: one is to say that everything and everyone nihilist disregard absolutely ALL ethical or moral precepts, supposedly seen as impediments.
Another definition, which as you will later on see that I like more, is to refer to 'nihilism' as to exist and act by a radically different (to WHAT, i don't know...) set of moral precepts. For example, Nietszche was accused of being a nihilist, and is even today called one of the major exponents of nihilist thought; I disagree, and so did he (this is a fact, I am not putting words into a dead man's mouth), he believed firmly that the Church and its dogma and the social precepts thus originated were the very pinnacle of nihilism; he believed that the Christian religion was a religion of death, suffering and disgrace, not of life, love, and glory. Thus, if you look at it from HIS point of view, anything and everything that structures life, binding it morally and ethically to a fear of pleasure as well as a fear of punishment (how contradictory is THAT, by the way...) is not only nihilistic, but actively AGAINST life and 'all that is good and beautiful', so to speak.
This at least exemplifies part of the reason why many people believe that nihilism means to have no moral structure: because the dominant and accepted one was simply analyzed and criticized by folks who DID have a moral structure, only that theirs was different.... and what best way to neutralize their efforts than to accuse them of lacking completely that which is valued the most, that is, ethical and moral precepts and structure.....? An endless war of intelligence and counter intelligence........... alas........... It shall continue for centuries to come..........
2006-10-10 11:59:03 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. I was very successful when I went through my nihilist phase. Think: I'm so great and wonderful, so why do I bother with all these stupid people? I still think lots of people are stupid, but now I at least remember when I was young and ignorant as well. I'm still pretty ignorant actually. That's why I'm not such a nihilist anymore.
2006-10-11 13:54:06 · answer #4 · answered by Cheshire Cat 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, nihilist is a fancy word for " nothing ".
2006-10-10 13:53:07 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ahh, but maybe "failure" is just a fancy word for "nihilism"?
2006-10-10 18:12:43 · answer #6 · answered by hq3 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i dont know if your trying to be sarcastic or not.
nihilistic (this is not an exact definition) is giving no regard to moral structure.
an example is someone who knows (or feels) that there is no god and thus has no problem stealing or killing for whatever they want
2006-10-10 11:42:06 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
ah... no
2006-10-10 13:14:10 · answer #8 · answered by ? 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋