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The term nihilism was first introduced to philosophy by Friedrich Heinrich Jacobi (1743–1819), who used the term to characterize rationalism, [46] and in particular Spinoza's determinism and the Aufklärung, in order to carry out a reductio ad absurdum according to which all rationalism (philosophy as criticism) reduces to nihilism—and thus ...
Existential nihilism is the philosophical theory that life has no objective meaning or purpose. [1] The inherent meaninglessness of life is largely explored in the philosophical school of existentialism , where one can potentially create their own subjective "meaning" or "purpose".
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A nihilist is person who subscribes to nihilism, the belief that existence has no objective meaning, purpose, or intrinsic value. Nihilist may also refer to: Nihilist movement, a cultural and philosophical movement in Russia from the late 19th century; The Nihilist, a 1905 film by Wallace McCutcheon, Sr. Nihilist (band), a Swedish death metal band
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Nihilist works. There have been different nihilist positions, including that human values are baseless, that life is meaningless, that knowledge is impossible, or that some set of entities does not exist or is meaningless or pointless.