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Definition of Nihilism

Nihilism

  1. Nothingness; nihility.
  2. The doctrine that nothing can be known; scepticism as to all knowledge and all reality.
  3. The theories and practices of the Nihilists.

Nihilism Quotations

The modern mind is in complete disarray. Knowledge has stretched itself to the point where neither the world nor our intelligence can find any foot-hold. It is a fact that we are suffering from nihilism.
Albert Camus

Liberal capitalism is not at all the Good of humanity. Quite the contrary; it is the vehicle of savage, destructive nihilism.
Alain Badiou

I think there is an element of nihilism about, but I don't think most artists feel their work is meaningless.
Leonard Baskin
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Nihilism Translations

nihilism in Hungarian is nihilizmus

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