All 3 Uses of
nihilism
in
Crime and Punishment, by Dostoyevsky
- He, like everyone, had heard that there were, especially in Petersburg, progressives of some sort, nihilists and so on, and, like many people, he exaggerated and distorted the significance of those words to an absurd degree.†
Chpt 5.1
- There are a great many Nihilists about nowadays, you know, and indeed it is not to be wondered at.†
Chpt 6.8
- But we thought...you are not a Nihilist of course?†
Chpt 6.8 *
Definition:
the belief that there is no universal truth or underlying reality that supports moral values, and that ultimately existence is meaningless