NIHILISM (Latin nihil = nothing)
a philosophy that exists yet doesn’t…
philosophy deny to accept fundamental aspects of human existence such as knowledge, morality, existence etc.
LET’S SEE HOW, WHY, AND WHAT THE FACTS ARE ABOUT IT ;
WHO ARE NIHILISTS?
A NIHILIST is someone who doesn’t believe in knowledge, actions, morality, rebirth, God, or even their own existence.
You might be thinking that this sounds like a really foolish philosophy.
I felt the same way at first. But honestly, you can’t deny their justifications.
WARNING;
THIS ARTICLE or CONTENT is not unbiased or neutral. Most of this philosophy can make you doubt yourself, and I tried to make it positive or neutral but couldn’t. If you read this consciously and deeply think about it, you might question and doubt your well-organised life.
“So, BE CURIOUS, BUT ALSO STAY PERCEPTIVE”
“LET’S START WITH THE BEGINNING”
NIHILISM doubts our life’s fundamental aspects very badly which can shake our
self-belief and thoughts. If someone with self-doubt and isn’t confident in themselves, nihilism can break them down easily.
Nihilism says the universe, life, and knowledge do not have any behavioural meaning.
We create meanings so that we can stay foolish !!
Think for yourself how true this is.
there are several parts of nihilism
but today I’m talking about only a few of them
⁓EXISTENTIAL NIHILISM
You can relate it by just its name.
According to this, there is no purpose behind our life or reason for our existence. We create meaning in life by ourselves. In reality, the universe doesn’t care whether we exist or not. It continues anyway, whether you are here today or not, the world and universe will keep working the same way.
THIS universe doesn’t care whether we exist or not.
For the universe, there’s no difference between an insect’s life and a human.
This is because if we compare ourselves to the universe, we hold no value, no matter how big we become. We may try to give meaning to our lives, but the truth is that our lives have no basic significance.
we don’t know how big the universe is, where it started, or where it ends.
we only have some blurry evidence that we elucidate.
This evidence is something we made ourselves, and we choose to believe it as truth.
We always search for a reason behind our existence, but the truth is we don’t want to consider ourselves unimportant. We deny reality and keep searching for reasons behind everything.
~EPISTEMOLOGICAL NIHILISM
Now we question our knowledge.
According to this part of NIHILISM, there is no existence or concept of knowledge. A and if there’s something like knowledge would exist than it is far beyond human abilities…
LET ME EXPLAIN ;
We all believe that Newton discovered gravity, and i agree with you on that, Newton played a crucial role in physics. If gravity hadn’t been discovered, we might be far behind where we are today.
Yes, it has had a significant impact on human progress.
But does it affect the universe?
NO!
Because gravity has always been the same for decades, it’s just we, humans, discovered it a few years ago. the universe is so vast that we can’t even begin to guess its size.
Don’t you think the universe has many other complicated secrets ?
The universe has formed over billions of years, and we are trying to understand it in just a few years.
And
calling this knowledge would not be considered disrespect to real knowledge?
According to scientist and researchers, HINDUISM is the oldest known religion. It was likely founded around 2300 BC, approximately 4500 years ago…
The estimated age of the universe is approximately 13.77 billion years.
So, this difference in numbers may look like this
4500 (Hinduism)
13700000000 (Universe)
Quit big difference, isn’t it !?
and you guys might be thinking why I’m talking about religion
it’s just because we all learn about gods and goddesses from our religion right?
whether it’s
RAM, ALLAH HO, JESUS CHRIST
AND THE CREATION OF GODS ARE ALSO DESCRIBED IN ALL OF THESE
SCRIPTURES!
YOU CAN PROBABLY GUESS WHAT I’M TRYING TO SAY.
IN THIS WAY
NIHILISM
CHALLENGES OUR KNOWLEDGE VERY EASILY BECAUSE, WHETHER WE ACCEPT IT OR NOT OUR KNOWLEDGE IS MEANINGLESS COMPARED TO THE ENTIRE UNIVERSE. THINK ABOUT IT!!
THERE ARE MORE INTERESTING PARTS OF NIHILISM KNOWN AS
MORAL NIHILISM
and another the only positive part of nihilism is
OPTIMISTIC NIHILISM
I WILL BRING THESE PARTS TOMORROW.
UNTIL THEN,
ask yourself, what does its positive part signify and how can it exist after this overall negative perspective?
HI READERS!
this is me NASH I’m a creative writer and ghostwriter too!!
I recently got bumped into this philosophy and decided to clarify and summarize it, basically creating a summary about nihilism.
LET ME KNOW YOUR THOUGHTS IN THE COMMENTS
AND SHOULD I BRING IN TWO MORE PARTS THAT I FIND INTERESTING TO DISCUSS?
IF YOU GUYS FIND IT INFORMATIVE GIVE CLAPS!🦥
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