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Chrysostom: "The Lord had said to the Jews, The men of Nineveh shall rise in the judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it; that they should not therefore be careless, He tells them that not only in the world to come but here also they should suffer grievous things; setting forth in a sort of riddle the punishment that should fall upon them; whence He says, When the unclean spirit ...
Jerome: "The word here ‘makes a man common’ is peculiar to Scripture, and is not hackneyed in common parlance.The Jewish nation, boasting themselves to be a part of God, call those meats common, of which all men partake; for example, swine’s flesh, shell fish, hares, and those species of animals that do not divide the hoof, and chew the cud, and among the fish such as have not scales.
In literature, the Void often serves as a metaphor for existential despair, the search for meaning, or the confrontation with the unknown. Samuel Beckett's Waiting for Godot (1953) is a quintessential example, where the Void is both literal and metaphorical. The play's setting is a barren, empty landscape, and the characters are caught in an ...
Pound suggested it be changed as he felt Conrad was not "weighty" enough, although it is unclear if he was referring to the author or the quotation itself. [ 90 ] Following the epigraph is a dedication (added in a 1925 republication) that reads "For Ezra Pound: il miglior fabbro " ("the better craftsman").
Unclean may refer to: Unclean animals, those whose consumption or handling is labeled a taboo; Unclean food, in Jewish dietary custom; Ritually impure, in various religions; Unclean hands, a term in contract law; Unclean, a 1998 album by Rorschach Test "Unclean" (song), from 1984; Unclean spirit, in Christianity; Unclean vocals, in metal or ...
Nihilism thus defined is therefore not the denial of higher values, or the denial of meaning, but rather the depreciation of life in the name of such higher values or meaning. Deleuze therefore (with, he claims, Nietzsche) says that Christianity and Platonism , and with them the whole of metaphysics, are intrinsically Nihilist.
nothing achieved without hard work: Motto of Palmerston North Boys' High School: nihil dicit: he says nothing: In law, a declination by a defendant to answer charges or put in a plea. nihil difficile amanti puto [5] Nothing is difficult in the eyes of a lover. From Cicero's Orator. nihil enim lacrima citius arescit: nothing dries sooner than a tear
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".