An Overview of the Concept of Nihilism (356 words, 2 pages)
NihilismNihilism, a philosophical doctrine, popularized by Ivan Turgenev, describes a belief that all values are baseless and nothing can be known or communicated because there is no deep order or purpose to the universe. Turgenevs novel Fathers and Sons (1862) used nihilism to describe crude scientism. His character Bazarov teaches ...
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