The_Isle said:
Do you have an iota of understanding about Nihilism other than the hair-deep "lol i don't believe anything is worth anything lol"
lol that's what nihilism in its purest form is lol.
Definitions of nihilism on the Web:
the belief that there is no universal truth or underlying reality that undergirds moral values; that ultimately existence is meaningless. From the Latin "nihil" or "nothing".
gbgm-umc.org/umw/corinthians/glossary.stm
As a doctrine of negation, nihilism maintains that religious and moral truths are entirely irrational. It then follows, in the words of Ivan, from Dostoyevski's The Brothers Karamazov, "If God does not exist, then everything is permitted." Nihilism is a pessimistic view of reality which results from "God is dead" thinking. In the words of Nietzsche, since there is no God, "there is no one to command, no one to obey, no one to transgress. ...
www.apologetics.org/glossary.html
a philosophy that denies the existence of any basis for knowledge or truth, and results in an inability to ascribe meaning to any aspect of reality.
www.summit.org/resource/dictionary/
Name given to Russian revolutionary Anarchists of the 19th century. First used by novelist Ivan Sergeyvich Turgenev (1818-83) in his books like 'Fathers and Sons', etc.
www.embassy.org.nz/encycl/n3encyc.htm
(Latin) Nothing. {SD, BCW}
www.theosociety.org/pasadena/etgloss/nf-nz.htm
commonly defined as “belief in nothing” or “denial of existence” (see also philosophical skepticism) or the view that value and meaning do not exist.
www.strongatheism.net/intro/lexicon/
1. Philosophy. An extreme form of skepticism that denies all existence. A doctrine holding that all values are baseless and that nothing can be known or communicated. 2.Rejection of all distinctions in moral or religious value and a willingness to repudiate all previous theories of morality or religious belief. 3.The belief that destruction of existing political or social institutions is necessary for future improvement. 4. ...
missbunbun.tripod.com/id7.html
a revolutionary doctrine that advocates destruction of the social system for its own sake
nihilistic delusion: the delusion that things (or everything, including the self) do not exist; a sense that everything is unreal
complete denial of all established authority and institutions
wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn
Nihilism literally means belief in nothing. As a philosophical position, nihilism is the view that the world, and especially human existence, is without meaning, purpose, comprehensible truth, or essential value. It is more often a charge levelled against a particular idea than a position to which someone is overtly subscribed. Movements such as Dada, Deconstructionism, and Punk have been described by various observers as "nihilist". ...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nihilism
And, as far as nihilism being an organized school of thought, observe:
The Nihilist movement was an 1860s Russian cultural movement marked by the questioning of the validity of all forms of preconceived ideas and social norms. The Nihilists championed the independence of the individual and shocked the Russian establishment. Those ideas had a political impact, as they opposed servitude and demanded democratic reforms. ...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nihilism_movement
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