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The author is negating some concepts but not others, which is inconsistent, true. But nihilism cannot be advanced as a universal philosophy, as it represents p
by thecrash 9y ago
The author is negating some concepts but not others, which is inconsistent, true.
But nihilism cannot be advanced as a universal philosophy, as it represents pure negation, and universal negation is impossible.
In practice, nihilism is about the selective negation of concepts or bodies of thought, not as an end in itself but to open up new possible lines of reasoning.