Nihilism is the philosophical view that human existence is meaningless and futile. Nihilists believe that there’s no life after death, and they consequently struggle to experience life with joy, knowing that it’s just going to end.
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Nihilism Term Timeline in On the Genealogy of Morals
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Second Essay: Guilt, Bad Conscience, and Related Matters
...sin that mankind can never erase) and hell as eternal punishment. This breeds pessimism and nihilism. At this point, Christianity comes along and says that God (the creditor) pays the debt...
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...humanity from the curse of self-torture. Such a person will essentially be an Antichrist, an Anti-nihilist and a “conqueror of god and nothingness.”
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