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Nihilism Essays and Term Papers
Two Brands Of NihilismAs philosopher and poet Nietzsche's work is not easily conformable to the
traditional schools of thought within philosophy. However, an unmistakable
concern with the role of religion and values penetrates much of his work.
Contrary to the tradition before him, Nietzsche launches vicious ...
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Nihilism as Demonstrated by My DreamThe Unabridged Random House dictionary at dictionary.com defines nihilism as “an extreme form of skepticism: the denial of all real existence or the possibility of an objective basis for truth.” The Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy says “A true nihilist would believe in nothing, have no ...
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My Personal Search For A Meaningful ExistenceI am the representative embodiment of my nihilistic culture. I am
narcissistic, insatiable, petty, apathetic and I am above all an emotional
invalid. Yet, up until very recently, I was not consciously aware that I was
guilty of having any of these wholly pejorative attributes, because I ...
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Good Peoples CountryChoose three or four characters from Cat’s Cradle and Good Country People and discuss them in terms of existentialism and nihilism?
In both Cat’s Cradle by Kurt Vonegut and Good Country People by Flannery O’Connor the authors show how a character is corrupted and changed from an ...
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Neitzsche: It's Time To Believe In The Realities of LifeIt's Time To Believe In The Realities of Life
The ultimate reality upon our existence is that Christianity is misconstrued, in that life should be looked at for the realism in which it really is. Meaning, do not look at "God," or some kind of other "soul" to find your meaning and what the ...
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The Theories of Freud and NietzscheSigmund Freud believed that the sexual instinct, or libido, was the motivating power behind human acts and behavior (Riviera, trans. 1989) and that the overall conflict between civilization and sexuality was based on the frustration or obstacle placed upon that instinct and that frustration ...
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Capitalism TheoryThe subconstructivist paradigm of narrative and capitalist dialectic theory
Department of English, Harvard University
Department of English, Miskatonic University, Arkham, Mass.
1. Realities of praxis
If one examines capitalist dialectic theory, one is faced with a choice: either reject the ...
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GnosticismIn December 1945, Gnostic books containing many secrets of the early Christian religion was found near the town of Nag Hammadi in upper Egypt. Undisturbed since their concealment almost two thousand years ago, these manuscripts from rank in importance with the Dead Sea Scrolls. The first ...
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Into The Abyss Marquis De SadeMarquis de Sade and the Enlightenment
We are no guiltier in following the primitive impulses that govern us than is the Nile for her flood or the sea for her waves" - La Mettrie
The eighteenth century embraced a secularized France in which the idea of utility, and not of salvation, were the ...
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Real Meaning Of LIfeThe primary focus of this essay is on adaptationism and the theory of evolution, which, of course, challenges fundamental religious beliefs. In fact, perhaps as a substitute for religion, some have adopted a distortion of Darwinism to explain the \"purpose\" of life: one depiction of human ...
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Friedrich Nietzchewas born in Rocken. He spent much of his time alone, reading the Bible. Nietzsche’s father died in 1849. The young man withdrew deeper into religion.
Friedrich received a scholarship to Schulpforta, an elite prepatory school with only 200 students, in October 1858. The scholarship as intended to ...
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Anarchy: noun. 1. Absence of any form of political authority. 2. Political disorder and confusion. 3. Absence of any cohering principle, as a common standard or purpose. [Greek anarkhia, without a ruler] (American Heritage Dictionary). is a political philosophy shrouded in misconception. This ...
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Important Influences on Sartre's PlaysThere was a brief period of economic prosperity and progress in France, called the belle ?poque (beautiful epoch) before World War I in the early years of the 20th century and right before the wave of pessimism began in the 1920s (Cosper 2004). At this time, inventions like the telephone, the ...
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Generation EcstacyIt’s been ten years since the English seized on Detroit techno, Chicago house, and New York garage as the seeds of what’s generally agreed—over there, at least—to be the most significant music since punk, and they’re celebrating with a slew of historical studies. Simon Reynolds attempts to bridge ...
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Oscar Wilde(real name Oscar Fingal O'Flahertie Wills Wilde) was born on
October 16th, 1854 in Dublin. His father, William Robert Wilde, was an eminent
eye doctor, with an interest in myths and folklore. He was the founder of the
first eye and ear hospital in Great Britain, as well as the appointed ...
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ColumbineSchool violence, is an issue that is hard to deal with. There are things that may be done to decrease it but it does not seem like it will ever go away. Parents send their children to school to learn, to have fun, to pass notes, and to meet new people, not to be shot at and never have the chance ...
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The Computer UndergroundDepartment of Sociology
Northern Illinois University
DeKalb, IL 60115
(5 March, 1990)
THE BAUDY WORLD OF THE BYTE BANDIT:
A POSTMODERNIST INTERPRETATION OF THE COMPUTER UNDERGROUND
An earlier version of this paper was presented at the ...
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Comparing Buddhism And ChristianityI will attempt to do this, but please bear in mind that my knowledge of Christianity is not that profound and my personal views will inevitably prevail to some degree. I believe in fact that these two systems are poles apart and have very few similarities indeed. In this sense I am forced to ...
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Grunge LiteratureWhat quality in a novel is it which prompts it to be labelled as "grunge
literature"? And why do so many authors of books which fall into this
genre object so strenuously to the label?
Grunge is the literature and fiction of young people living in inner cities
around the world, it is not a new ...
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Oscar WildeOscar Fingal O’Flahertie Wills Wilde was born in Dublin Ireland on October 16, 1854. He is one of the most talented and most controversial writers of his time. He was well known for his wit, flamboyance, and creative genius and with his little dramatic training showing his natural talent for stage ...
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