Omg… you all just blew my mind… what are you philosophy majors … guess what…
I think therefore I am.
I really have no idea what nihilism is but it sounds cool and I want to be one…
I think I’m a nihilist therefore I am.
I win. The end.
And to the person who said authoritarianism was the creme DE LA creme of worst isms… I beg to differ by saying totalitarianism is way worse than authoritarianism
Nietzsche isn’t really a nihilist, though he’s sometimes labeled that. He is selling something, the notion that we can transcend our own humanity among other things.
I’d warn just don’t get too pretentious in you’re pursuits because I used to be the high school drop out cutting you to ribbons whatever philosophy, though tolerant if you were cool about it. In my lifetime though when someone has found an ideology or philosophy there’s more often than not ego advancement involved and aims of having something to feel better than others about. But then a belief in believing in nothing, there you go, perfect for that I’d say.
I can definitely see people using beliefs to see themselves better than other people and I don’t let that get to my head. I respect all beliefs, as long as the beliefs respect people. Good advice though.