The Experience of NothingnessRoutledge, 2017 M07 28 - 145 páginas In The Experience of Nothingness, Michael Novak has two objectives. First, he shows the paths by which the experience of nothingness is becoming common among all those who live in free societies. Second, he details the various experiences that lead to the nothingness point of view. Most discussions of these matters have been so implicated in the European experience that the term nihilism has a European ring. Novak, however, articulates this experience of formlessness in an American context.In his new introduction, the author lists four requirements that must be met by an individual in order for the experience of nothingness to emerge: a commitment to honesty, a commitment to courage, recognition of how widespread the experience of nothingness is, and a virtue of will. Novak writes that these principles are what guide self-described philosophical nihilists. But many people simply borrow the nihilistic conclusions without observing the moral commitments to them. For this reason Novak believes that nihilism is fraudulent as a theory intended to explain the experience of nothingness. Nihilism in practice, he maintains, often results in a form of intolerance. The Experience of Nothingness is a work that will cause many scholars to rethink their beliefs. It should be read by philosophers, theologians, sociologists, political theorists, and cultural historians. |
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... one's consciousness. There is no obligation to notice what these conditions are. There is no obligation, once noticing them, to reinforce them and to build one's life upon them. That is only one choice among many. That is merely ...
... one's consciousness. There is no obligation to notice what these conditions are. There is no obligation, once noticing them, to reinforce them and to build one's life upon them. That is only one choice among many. That is merely ...
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... one's constant companion, one's constant critic, one's constant stimulus. If you desire to possess everything, desire to have nothing. Finally, the reflections on political action in Chapter IV are not meant to heap contempt on ...
... one's constant companion, one's constant critic, one's constant stimulus. If you desire to possess everything, desire to have nothing. Finally, the reflections on political action in Chapter IV are not meant to heap contempt on ...
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... one's marriage and work. If a college coed writes home to her mother that she is restless and ill at ease, her mother is not likely to write back: "Don't worry, darling, it's only the ontological anxiety that all of us must share." She ...
... one's marriage and work. If a college coed writes home to her mother that she is restless and ill at ease, her mother is not likely to write back: "Don't worry, darling, it's only the ontological anxiety that all of us must share." She ...
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... unmistakable experience to break into one's consciousness as there are personal histories. Some feel its touch by way of sickness: or disaster, some by way of external event and others by inner breakdown , some in the flush.
... unmistakable experience to break into one's consciousness as there are personal histories. Some feel its touch by way of sickness: or disaster, some by way of external event and others by inner breakdown , some in the flush.
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... " Nihilism , then , is a " recognition of the long waste of strength " ; one is " ashamed in front of oneself , as if one had deceived oneself all too long . " One had hoped to achieve something through one's actions, "and now.
... " Nihilism , then , is a " recognition of the long waste of strength " ; one is " ashamed in front of oneself , as if one had deceived oneself all too long . " One had hoped to achieve something through one's actions, "and now.
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The Source of the Experience | |
Inventing the Self | |
Myths and Institutions | |
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