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Re:The moments that could have accidentally ended humanity by mpalmer on Sunday September 05, 2021 @11:27PM (#28429930)
> Nihilism is first and foremost deferring this life for something else.

Anything you can cite for this? It doesn't sound like any kind of nihilism I'm familiar with but I'm interested to know more.

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Re:The moments that could have accidentally ended humanity by whateveracct on Monday September 06, 2021 @12:02AM (#28430102)
Hm it was how my professors in school taught nihilism and Nietzsche. It was definitely a high level takeaway from many readings we did and not a single quote or citation. But it was on the exam ;)

I don't have any sources behind that atm, but I'd guess it would be somewhere around the discussion of the afterlife and how it is a Christian driver of nihilism.

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