39,327
edits
The Anti-Nihilist: Difference between revisions
m
update links
m (Mass update links) |
m (update links) |
||
Line 14:
Note that the title of this page is based more on [[Nietzsche Wannabe|popular misconception of Nihilism]], rather than the actual philosophy as conceived by Friedrich Nietzsche, which was somewhat closer to this in reality.
See [[
{{examples}}
Line 114:
== Real Life ==
* [[
* Soren Kierkegaard's "Knight of Faith", one of the major influences to the Existentialist trope. You fully accept that following such stuff about God and ethics are ultimately an absurd goal in this life, but in contrast to the aesthetic "nihilist" and the otherworldly "knight of infinite resignation", you still prefer to make the most virtuous out of it.
* Usually, this is the Classical response of atheists, agnostics, deists, Epicureans and the like to accusations of nihilism. After all, if there's no god (or God is apathetic) who will give us a meaning in life. "The fact that we have only one life to live should make it all the more precious."
** Likewise, the only way to live on past your death is through others. [[The Power of Friendship|Might as well ensure that you can keep people smiling, even after you're gone.]]
** Indeed, many if not most atheists embrace this as their world view in place of any belief in a higher power or afterlife.
* [[Friedrich Nietzsche]]'s version of the Anti-Nihilist in particular is less of a "utilitarian" who works [[For Happiness]] and more of a "Let's [[The Ubermensch|live by our own rules]] while being [[wikipedia:Arete|awesome]], [[wikipedia:Virtus
* There might be older instances of this trope that couldn't be properly called Nihilists, since they predate the movement, but they should go through a Discussion first, so as not to dissolve the trope into meaninglessness.
* [[Albert Camus]], despite [[The Stranger]].
| |||