Philosophy Test

#68
#68
That was pretty much it, though I don't fault for the skepticism. In my mind, the spiritual nihilism is a bit conflicted. If more than material exists then one should see that as the underlying factor for pursuit of true meaning. Not to live as though there is no meaning.

The converse of that is the nihilism. If nihilism truly is the largest registry of an individual's philosophy, then hedonism should be just as large and overshadow all of the other questions. If community has no meaning, then why suffer for it? If nothing has meaning, then what ideals are there to live for? If nothing has meaning, then what is "rational"?

As Nietzsche wrote: Yah, we've killed God. But this is what it cost us...

I think the problem is how nihilism is defined. The quiz defines it as the thesis that neither meaning nor morality are objective. Whether this is correct or not is certainly up for debate, but it seems to leave room for the creation of meaning for oneself.
 

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