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Those nasty jokes at the Nurse's expense come out of Mercutio's carelessness and a fundamental cynicism that borders on nihlism.
Lance Mannion: 2009
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Those nasty jokes at the Nurse's expense come out of Mercutio's carelessness and a fundamental cynicism that borders on nihlism.
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He was at least smart enough to understand that the loss of God and the sacred is a big problem, which is better than the typical nitwit we have now running around practicing nihlism without theabyss.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Putting Heidegger in the library’s grave of discarded lies 2009
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He was at least smart enough to understand that the loss of God and the sacred is a big problem, which is better than the typical nitwit we have now running around practicing nihlism without theabyss.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Putting Heidegger in the library’s grave of discarded lies 2009
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Inglorious Basterds is a theatrical thrill ride, porn for cinephiles, nihlism celebrated on film.
Inglourious Basterds Movie Review: Ambitious, Exciting, Awkward and…Soulful? | /Film 2009
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Despite propaganda to the contrary, there was inspiration beneath the nihlism.
Archive 2005-05-08 Michael Evans 2005
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Despite propaganda to the contrary, there was inspiration beneath the nihlism.
View from the Northern Border Michael Evans 2005
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One aspect of the novel that affected me more on this reading was the overall sense of nihlism.
Baseball, Throning, Comic-ing, & Bakking RobB 2005
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One aspect of the novel that affected me more on this reading was the overall sense of nihlism.
Archive 2005-10-01 RobB 2005
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I have honestly attempted the atheist mindset at times, but always find it unavoidably collapsing to nihlism (for ME).
Planet Atheism 2009
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