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> Nor was I satisfied with the obligatory secular follow-up, that you have to "make your own meaning." > ... > I mostly adopted the attitude of ... existence
by c-hendricks 3y ago
> Nor was I satisfied with the obligatory secular follow-up, that you have to "make your own meaning."
> ...
> I mostly adopted the attitude of ... existence is fundamentally playful.
Sounds like you've made your own meaning!
> This may be nihilism
It's not. Literally, nihilism ends at "life / existence has no meaning". Trying to put a positive or negative spin on it takes it away from nihilism. Or, positive nihilism is closer to Hedonism, and negative nihilism is curmudgeonisn.
I think I hate philosophy.
- more_corn 3y agoI disagree with this definition of nihilism.
- c-hendricks 3y agoHowso? Not attacking, curious what your definition of nihilism is. I don't know the proper term, but nihilism, as a word, stops itself short. I almost think "nihilists" are like centrists, they need to shit or get off the pot
- ryanklee 3y agoThere is a whole strain of nihilism called positive nihilism initiated (explicitly) by Nietzsche.
- c-hendricks 3y ago"However, Nietzsche thought of nihilism as a disease, calling it ‘pathological.’ He argued that we should strive to rid ourselves of it." So if Nietzsche argued we should use "positive" (/active) adjective to rid ourselves of nihilism, wouldn't that mean that putting a positive spin on it removes the nihilism?