81. Western Nihilism In the light of what Nietsche has said, there is distrust of metaphysics as suchand philosophy of nihilism aims to dissect and dissolve all claims of http://members.tripod.com/MsSubashiniK/sivaalayam/journ2_7.htm

Saivism and Western Nihilism by K.Loganathan, University Sains Malaysia, Penang, Malaysia. My recent visit to London to participate in the First Saiva Conference in UK was an eye-opener in many ways. With the dispersion of Saivites throughout the world particularly the West that creates cultural contexts foreign to Saivism, new problems and dilemmas have emerged. One of the most worrying is the development of nihilistic attitudes among the youths and because of that neglect and abandonment of Saiva way of life. Temple going instead of being a rich experience of the symbolic presence of Siva and hence immensely meaningful, has become a meaningless drudgery. And this has created a wide gap between the youths and adults leading to a variety of conflicts. What is Nihilism? When Nietsche , the 19 th Saiva View of Nihilism Being, BEING and Nothingness This BEING is SIVAM, the absolutely Radiant, the Pure. It is sentient but with an understanding that is always characterized by this NOTHINGESS and because which HE can bestow it to others in need of it and are ripe for its reception Overcoming Nihilism Rationality and Saivism The Tasks Ahead With this clarification it is possible now to outline something that needs to be done immediately. The first is that our Saiva philosophers must not remain content with studies of Thevaram and the Meykanda Sastras. In addition to this they have to master the Western philosophical tradition and attempt to reduce them to the Parapakkam, without which Saiva Siddhanta as a Supakkam, as the final TRUTH, will not emerge. In this we have to single out Descartes, Kant, Hegel, Hume, Humbolt, Husserl, Sartre, Heidegger, Gadamer, Ricouer, Derrida, Levinas , Foucalt and many others who have written brilliant books in the light of which the truths of S.Siddhanta emerge in bolder relief.

82. Philosophy Questions 9 So in Plato's philosophy we can find, if not religion, then an eschatology. Some,it is true seemed to tend towards nihilism like Gorgias who wrote a notorious http://www.philosophos.com/knowledge_base/archives_9/philosophy_questions_909.ht

Eliza asked: How did the Presocratics perceive soul? Is Plato's theory of ideas equivalent to religious faith? What is a hypothesis? On what basis did Socrates adopt it ("Phaedo")? All philosophies take something for granted to begin with, a base; but what did the Sophists have as a base? As nihilists of their time was it power (e.g. political)? Thales, the first Presocratic philosopher, is said to have explained the effect of a magnet on iron by saying that it had a 'soul'. Heraclitus, who taught that the universe was an everlasting divine fire which 'kindles in measures, and goes out in measures' also held that each of us had this fire within us. It is death to allow one's soul to become 'wet'. Plato's theory of Ideas or 'Forms' is not a religion as you would understand it. There is no personal God that we can pray to. it is a religion of reason. Heraclitus had identified the universal fire with Logos All changes, however apparently random or chaotic, are law governed. Plato's world of Forms gives philosophy we can find, if not religion, then an eschatology. There is rational hope, for those who

83. Nihilism Defined the values extrolled by Christianity, and was actually a severe critic of nihilismproper. (* In Fathers and Sons, 1862.). Go to the essay on philosophy; Go to http://progressiveliving.org/nihilism_defined.htm

"Nihilism" Defined A Progressive Living Definition Nihilism is defined as the radical negation of all values. Thus, in a nihilistic perspective, there would be nothing wrong with, say, torturing babies. First used by the Russian novelist Turgenev* to describe young rebels, the term originally had a somewhat milder flavor, and implied the destruction of an illegitimate, existing social order so as to make room for a better and more legitimate future society. Though it has not often been pointed out, the reductionistic materialism that long served as a fundamental tenet of the sciences, especially as conceived Positivistically, leads directly to nihilism. Emergentism , on the other hand, makes it clear that nihilism is incoherent The philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche, often accused of being a nihilist, was in fact a critic of some of the values extrolled by Christianity, and was actually a severe critic of nihilism proper. (* In Fathers and Sons Go to the essay on philosophy Go to the philosophy field guide Go to the Progressive Living preamble Go to the Progressive Living site map Go to the Progressive Living welcome page

84. GBK 471--From Naturalism To Nihilism In The Nineteenth Century GBK 471From Naturalism to nihilism in the Nineteenth Century. eadingsin Kierkegaard, Twain, Whitman, Dickinson, Dostoevski or http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Atlantis/4360/gbk471.html

GBK 471From Naturalism to Nihilism in the Nineteenth Century eadings in Kierkegaard, Twain, Whitman, Dickinson, Dostoevski or Melville, Darwin, Freud, and others. Henry Adams The Education of Henry Adams American Studies Program at the University of Virginia [TOC, html] Heart of Darkness The Electronic Text Center at the University of Virginia E316K Masterworks of British Literature Class Page at the University of Texas [212K, html] The Litrix Reading Room [html] The Wiretap Internet Electronic Text Archive [txt] Charles Darwin Glass Bead Game LucidCafe The Origin of Species The Eris Project An Online Literature Library [TOC, html] Emily Dickinson The Emily Dickinson International Society PAL: Perspectives in American Literature http://www.planet.net/pkrisxle/emily/dickinson.html http://www.english.upenn.edu/~afilreis/88/dickinson-bio.html ... LucidCafe Selected Poetry Celebration of Women Writers [html] Humanities Text Initiative (Series 1, 1891) [html] Humanities Text Initiative (Series 2, 1910) [html] Humanities Text Initiative (Series 3, 1914) [html] Project Bartleby [Index of Poems, html]

85. Nihilism nihilism. Back to Last Page Glossary Index Definition This is a philosophywhich rejects the real existence of all morals and values, involving also a http://atheism.about.com/library/glossary/general/bldef_nihilism.htm

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86. Defining Nihilism It is not clear where the destructive nature of nihilism comes from, but if the philosophyis ultimately followed out, the nihilist would endup destroying not http://www.williams.edu/acad-depts/Russian/courses/RUSS203/author/turgenev-sitem

Defining Nihilism Follow Ups Post Followup Back to Turgenev page FAQ Posted by Robert Baldwin on November 03, 1999 at 02:29:34: In Reply to: Nihilism posted by Katie Desormeau on October 29, 1999 at 17:05:58: There is ample cause for confusion over the definition and derivation of nihilism based on the first few chapters of “Fathers and Sons” because of the plethora of definitions flung at us by characters from all directions. Nikolai Petrovich says the word nihilist “signifies a person who acknowledges nothing.” Arkady notes that nihilists are people “who approach everything from a critical point of view.” Bazarov claims “a nihilist is a person who doesn’t bow down before authorities, doesn’t accept even one principle on faith, no matter how much respect surrounds that principle.” And Pavel Petrovich sees the definitions as “all the same thing.” But what has it meant historically? For “Fathers and Sons,” nihilism ultimately provides an explanation for what is left by, as Dostoevsky would later hypothesize, the death of God. What is to be done with this nothingness? Can the will of human nature overcome this void? For Bazarov, love was able to—at least in part—overcome the choking hold of nihilism. But the final lines of the novel seem to leave the notion that “‘indifferent’ nature” will ultimately triumph over the futile tears of “sacred, devoted love.” Follow Ups: Post a Followup Name: E-Mail: Subject: Comments: Optional Link URL: Link Title: Optional Image URL: Follow Ups Post Followup Back to Turgenev page FAQ

87. Deteriorata Deteriorata. Go placidly amid the noise and waste, and remember whatcomfort there may be in owning a piece thereof. Avoid quiet http://www.mit.edu:8001/people/mwhitson/deteriorata.html

Deteriorata Go placidly amid the noise and waste, and remember what comfort there may be in owning a piece thereof. Avoid quiet and passive persons, unless you are in need of sleep. Rotate your tires. Speak glowingly of those greater than yourself, and heed well their advice, even though they be turkeys. Know what to kiss, and when. Consider that two wrongs never make a right, but that three do. Wherever possible, put people on hold. Be comforted, that in the face of all aridity and disillusionment, and despite the changing fortunes of time, there is always a big future in computer maintenance. Remember the Pueblo. Strive at all times to bend, fold, spindle, and mutilate. Know yourself. If you need help, call the F.B.I. Exercise caution in your daily affairs, especially with those persons closest to you; that lemon on your left, for instance. Be assured that a walk through the ocean of most souls will scarcely get your feet wet. Fall not in love therefore; it will stick to your face. Gracefully surrender the things of youth; birds, clean air, tuna, Taiwan. And let not the sand of time get into your lunch. Hire people with hooks. For a good time, call 606-4311. Ask for Ken. Take heart in the deepening gloom that your dog is finally getting enough cheese. And reflect that whatever misfortune may be your lot, it could only be worse in Milwaukee. You are a fluke of the universe. You have no right to be here. And whether you can hear it or not, the universe is laughing behind your back.

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