Mishiro

You ever consider nihilism, in the sense that nothing really matters? (tell me if there's a better word) A million years is only a blink of an eye. People around the world suffer, but in the end it's only a blink of an eye, so why worry? This is not my doctrine, it's only speculation. But on what grounds could you hold it against someone if they felt this way?

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S2

If nothing matters then you can take no legitimate stand against evil, injustice or the suffering of others. To be a nihilist one hs to accept that purpose cannot be self driven-it is a call to seeking meaning from without and not finding it--of accepting that if meaning cannot be imposed from without-there is none.

Higher Logic

Well when you get down to it, it's a pretty accurate statement. I mean, time is an illusion. While 90 years may seem long to us, it's really just a millisecond, a fraction upon a fraction, of the entire "age" of the universe. It's really more about relativity and from where you are looking at life from. The idea crosses my mind, especially when you hear of a lot of people dieing at once and people freak out or make it a big event, when in reality their death might as well be yours, it's so close in "time" compared to everything else that it doesn't matter. I guess the "self" and "ego" of humans is why a lot of people can't accept this doctrine.

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PotShot

"Time flies when you are having fun." We only notice time because things change. Time seems more rapid the faster events occur, and things happening seems to me to be the opposite of nihilism.

Nihilism is only true if your life is really boring.

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Cassius

So what's the difference between nihilism and apathy?

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DonkeyPunch

Apathy would be the lack of feeling, emotion, drive, whatever. Nihilism is a belief that there is no underlying truth, no purpose to us or the universe, no inherent value to things.

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In how these concepts relate to morality and action, very little. Neither the nilhilist nor the apathetic cares about the content of his or her desires or will. No reflection goes on in either of them to order their desires and wills into any particular structure.

Nietzche was not a nihilist nor an apathetic. He believed in the Will to Power, remember?

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