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Incorporated into writings about Nihilism:
"Nihilism — which declines to accept the human projection of a shared space of universal, absolute, and objective forms of truths, values, and communications — is an extreme form of realism that accepts human inequality and therefore, understands relativism and esotericism in our understanding."
https://www.amerika.org/politics/misunderstanding-nihilism/
When I say "as a student of English," I mean lifelong. I also spent a fair amount of time in the philosophy department and was fortunate to have some great instructors.
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They've wrecked it in the USA to the point where employers are actively looking for candidates who do NOT have college degrees.
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I was fortunate in education, but it became clear that the really good stuff we learn of our own initiative. Life is esoteric after all.
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He was an optimist who embraced fate. I think he would believe we are ready for a bounce.