Why has so much of 18th/19th/20th century been philosophy been devoted to refuting nihilism in some way?
What is so bad about nihilism? Why did it scare these guys so much?
Change has an additional degree of difficulty for those who favour tradition and stagnation even in response to observable transition (slower rate of response/greater resistance to etc)?
>>8445707
this is why conservatives are intrinsically simple, stupid people.
>>8445720
actually, you just described liberals.
>>8445694
Philosophy is not a series of refutations.
>>8445694
after the french revolution.
people had a hard time of replacing their lords and masters once they had overthrown them.
they feared order would spiral into anarchy
I'm uninformed when it comes to philosophy but from an outside perspective it seems like nihilism is a dead end for philosophy. It may or may not be correct but once you get to it there's not much room for new ideas.
>>8445694
Because there's more to life than physical reality my dumb faggot nigger kike tranny
T. evola
>>8445859
this desu
nihilism is a hole you can never climb out of op
>>8445762
Rightfully so if you look at Russia. Many places flourished under monarchy.
>>8445859
no philosophy is 'correct'
>>8446685
Mathematics can claim so and just because you don't want to accept nihilism doesn't mean it's still uncertain.
>>8446704
what?