PHIL 1200 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Lucretius, Existentialism, Existence Precedes Essence
10 Dec 2015
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Explain, or describe, as clearly as you can the nihilistic view of human life. A nihilistic view on the meaning of life would feel as though life has no meaning or purpose, thus meaning that life is not worth living. A big aspect of nihilism is the issue with whether or not the world was created by an intelligent being. From a nihilist perspective concerning existentialism, if there is no creator, then human life as part of the universe would have no purpose or goal. Since human life has no purpose or goal it has no value, this we were better off to have never existed. A famous leader of the nihilist outlook on life was friedrich. God is dead referring to the society he was living in in which they had ceased to believe in god, thus creating a crisis in life value.
