Turgenev's Fathers and Sons is a quintessential story about nihilism. *NM*
Tom Send a noteboard - 09/10/2012 01:00:02 AM
Political correctness is the pettiest form of casuistry.
ἡ δὲ κἀκ τριῶν τρυπημάτων ἐργαζομένη ἐνεκάλει τῇ φύσει, δυσφορουμένη, ὅτι δὴ μὴ καὶ τοὺς τιτθοὺς αὐτῇ εὐρύτερον ἢ νῦν εἰσι τρυπώη, ὅπως καὶ ἄλλην ἐνταῦθα μίξιν ἐπιτεχνᾶσθαι δυνατὴ εἴη. – Procopius
Ummaka qinnassa nīk!
*MySmiley*
ἡ δὲ κἀκ τριῶν τρυπημάτων ἐργαζομένη ἐνεκάλει τῇ φύσει, δυσφορουμένη, ὅτι δὴ μὴ καὶ τοὺς τιτθοὺς αὐτῇ εὐρύτερον ἢ νῦν εἰσι τρυπώη, ὅπως καὶ ἄλλην ἐνταῦθα μίξιν ἐπιτεχνᾶσθαι δυνατὴ εἴη. – Procopius
Ummaka qinnassa nīk!
*MySmiley*
What stories make strong arguments against (or for) nihilism?
- 08/10/2012 06:20:25 PM
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Turgenev's Fathers and Sons is a quintessential story about nihilism. *NM*
- 09/10/2012 01:00:02 AM
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Nihilism seems to crop up a lot in Russian literature. Is there a reason in particular? *NM*
- 09/10/2012 04:15:18 AM
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It was in part a political movement. See Dostoevsky's Demons (aka The Possessed).
- 09/10/2012 01:49:24 PM
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The Conspiracy Against the Human Race, by Thomas Ligotti
- 15/10/2012 02:35:56 AM
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I gotta read more of his stuff. Noctuary just didn't quite make it for me. *NM*
- 05/11/2012 04:41:27 PM
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