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Personal Philosophy Of Nihilism

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Of what do nihilists hold dear, if not bound by “god”. We hold no compulsion to virtue to consummate reward, we openly reject religious belief. We don’t adhere to loyalties. Such sheer illogical movements dilute existentialist life. A nihilist rejects the fundament of value, it is only in the preservations of the mind does and idea possess value. It is an empty perspective. One not dictated by ordinance and one more logical than temptation. It is one of those who see an empty world, and no reason to question it. The term “Nihilism” derives from the Latin nihil, nothing, in correspondence to the action of annihilation, in which the denial of purpose rejects desire, dually paling those who request it. For ones seeking to discern the expanse …show more content…

While at first logic may deem it as being negative due to its irrational nature, what force would place it as being superior? Simple logic leads to disillusion when determining perspective in an empty world. Does one permit phenomenological sight that is only directed at personal pleasures, as being negative? This question is comical. If you ask if I believe in a hierarchy between these two, I don’t. This idea seems intangible, not meant to be solved, or acquainted. Yet, do I believe one holds more universal, empty universal weight, I do, there must be an answer to all relevancies, and whether the response alone conquers our view of logic, or dimensionality, the entity …show more content…

I don’t question the meaningless in life. This idea dominates individuals who succumb to their inept perspective, deepening into depressed states. It is surely human nature to demand meaning. But this differentiates the nihilist. “Only optimists commit suicide”, Emil M. Cioran. While the optimist may treasure the belief that something greater than their lives waits ahead of death. This can either be divine pleasures, or solace from their trepidations, there will be something better than now. A nihilist doesn’t see anything beyond life, or truly even in life. You have the choice to conceive meaning, or not, but either way you wouldn’t question inherent meaning, its utterly absurd. Every day I find amusement in my yearnings. I strive for knowledge, seeking satisfaction from resolving curiosity. In this pursuit, I reach for the absolute and ultimate knowledge, one that understands everything and nothing. This goal breaches even the depths of my heart, where it unseemingly lives, harmoniously with the understanding that I truly don’t care if I reach my goal or not. In my eyes, I see that in death I will be tandem with knowledge, ad infinitum, or not yearn for it at all, both leading to a state not of

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Nihilism is a world view that consists of denial of everything that is involved with life itself such as our purposes and meanings of life. In the book “The Universe Next Door” by James W Sire claims that “Nihilism is a denial of any philosophy or worldview, a denial of the possibility of knowledge, a denial that anything is valuable If it proceeds to the absolute denial of everything, it even denies the reality of existence itself” which is brought upon the cosmos because there is not any relativity with spirituality. Some see nihilism as humans being their own conscious machine with no purpose at the end of it. Exisentialism is the worldview that every individual is on their own when it comes to their own decisions and choices and what they bring upon themselves for their purpose to life. In Existentialism there is no such thing as a “higher power” that is supposed to control what a persons life is and what its meaning of it, we are our own “higher power”.

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According to Sire (2009) nihilism is the denial of any philosophy or worldview. It is the negation of everything. Reflecting on this discussion and the thought provoking question of how a nihilist would answer the seven basic worldview questions assisted in my selection of three questions. The nihilist would view these question as non-existence.

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Scanning through his past several years, he returns to his mother’s death and analyzes her choice to seek a lover at the end of her life. While before he thought it was strange and even somewhat aggravating, he realizes now, being so close to death, that people will enter a desperate search for meaning when their time left is fleeting. But at the same time, he reasons potentially as a coping mechanism, there is no difference whether he dies by execution later that day or in 40 years because he will be dying all the same. Together, these two realizations, though somewhat contradictory, create his bridge to Existentialism. By establishing these two points, he can allow himself to, “open up to the gentle indifference of the world - finding it so much like himself”(122), and apply whatever meaning he wants to life in order to make it as rich and enjoyable as desired, rather than drifting along as a pitiful being waiting for some greater power to guide him along.

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