Explainer: Nietzsche, nihilism and reasons to be cheerful
- Written by Jamie Parr, Lecturer, Australian Catholic University
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German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche (1844-1900) is sometimes dismissed as a malevolent figure, obsessed with the problem of nihilism and the “death of God”.
Understandably, these ideas are unsettling: few of us have the courage to confront the possibility our idols may be hollow and life has no...
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