Nihilism#
Summary#
Nihilism is characterized as the preference for a “sure nothing” over an “uncertain something” - choosing certainty of nothingness rather than the ambiguity of possibility. It represents “the sign of a despairing, mortally wearied soul,” a spiritual exhaustion that, despite its courageous bearing, stems from those who have lost their eagerness for life and place their final trust in negation rather than uncertainty.