Someone online today asked me what was the difference between #nihilism
and #Taoism. I don't know much about nihilism beyond basics so I looked up comparisons and found this amazing quote.
A nihilist will look at their life and say, "My existence has no purpose."
A Taoist will look at their life and say, "My existence IS my purpose."
From a Taoist's perspective, that is spot-on correct. Anyone out there a #nihilist? Does that quote ring true from your standpoint?
Nihilism: The Root of the Revolution of the Modern Age
The answer, at first thought, does not seem difficult; several obvious examples of it spring immediately to mind. There is Hitler's fantastic program of destruction, the Bolshevik Revolution, the Dadaist attack on art; there is the background from which these movements sprang, most notably represented by several "possessed" individuals of the late nineteenth century...
Nihilism (and Bazarov) in a nutshell for you 🙄
"I see,’ interrupted Pavel Petrovich, ‘I see. Meaning you’re convinced of all this and have decided for yourselves not to do anything serious about anything.’
‘And we’ve decided not to do anything about anything,’ Bazarov repeated sombrely.
‘And just swear at everything?’
‘And swear at everything.’
‘And that’s called nihilism?’
‘And that’s called nihilism,’" @bookstodon#turgenev#fathersandsons#nihilism#reading#bookquotes#russianliterature