nihilism is the view that nothing matters.
nihilism as an “ideology of nothing” would mean not that we adhere to a discernible system of beliefs about nothingness, but rather that the beliefs we have, or think we have, are equivalent to nothing. – nolen gertz
gertz says nihilism starts with platoplato
plato was a philosopher from athens, a disciple of socrates.
Following Sadler's advice.
deleuze
As mentioned in deleuze's philosophical lineage, Deleuze says in difference and repetiti...'s allegory of the cave, which is the possibility of a completely illusory life. The cave is dangerous. Gertz sees descartesdescartes
descartes was a french philosopher and mathematician. he's not technically a part of skeptic but he has influences of its thought.
as picking up that thread as well, then humehume
david hume was a philosopher of skeptic who was interested in "Logics, Morals, Criticism, and Politics," their connection to human nature. He wanted to bring the approach of empiricism to t... who challenges the typical notions of seeing through reality. This brings kantkant
immanuel kant (1724 - 1804) was a philosopher from prussia. he was christian. he was inspired by hume. he wrote critique of pure reason, Critique of Practical Reason.
For Kant, there i... into the picture, rescuing knowledge from humehume
david hume was a philosopher of skeptic who was interested in "Logics, Morals, Criticism, and Politics," their connection to human nature. He wanted to bring the approach of empiricism to t.... nietzschenietzsche
friedrich wilhelm nietzsche (1844-1900) was a philosopher from germany. in 1869, at the age of 24, he became a professor. his first book was The Birth of Tragedy, published in 1872, about greek tra... then comes in to diagnose the whole problem.
TODO: deleuzedeleuze
gilles deleuze (18 january 1925 - 4 november 1995) was a french philosopher and, to me, the philosopher's philosopher and a sage. his work grapples with difference, creativity, though... also writes about nihilism.