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According to popular opinion the Nihilists were a band of fanatical young men and women, mostly medical students, who had determined to turn the world upside down and to introduce a new kind of social order, founded on the most advanced principles of social equality and Communism.
Russia Donald Mackenzie Wallace 1880
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Tsar and making mild political demonstrations; and on the other hand, the so-called Nihilists, who talked about organising society on
Russia Donald Mackenzie Wallace 1880
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Russia against the so-called Nihilists, in America against
The Kingdom of God Is Within You Leo Tolstoy 1869
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And I almost forgot to mention my post on Weather for Nihilists, which is a must-read for all budding nihilists.
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Many of the so-called Nihilists or Revolutionists (as "Mademoiselle
The Idler Magazine, Vol III. May 1893 An Illustrated Monthly Various
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One hundred years from now I would love for some future horror and crime fiction fan to look at my collected works and say, This guy witnessed the kind of senseless cruelty and depravity that would turn most men into Nihilists; and yet his writing shows how he never stopped looking for some sort of meaning in our lives.
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One hundred years from now I would love for some future horror and crime fiction fan to look at my collected works and say, This guy witnessed the kind of senseless cruelty and depravity that would turn most men into Nihilists; and yet his writing shows how he never stopped looking for some sort of meaning in our lives.
Archive 2009-05-01 2009
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No justification of all those hours in the library reading Gogol and Lermontov, and trying to figure out whether 19th century Russian Nihilists were winking at all, or were actually serious.
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Utilitarians, Nihilists, Capitalists, and Socialists can all bring their philosophy to bear on public life, but Catholics (or other religious minorities) must check their religion at the door.
Mexico's Separation of Church and State Luke Goodrich 2010
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Among members of the audience, I heard them compared to the Talking Heads, Kraftwerk, and the Nihilists from the movie The Big Lebowski.
Hunter Stuart: WhoMadeWho Moves Crowd With Contemporary Disco (VIDEO, DOWNLOAD FREE MP3) 2010
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