All 17 Uses of
nihilism
in
Fathers and Sons
- 'He's a nihilist.'†
Chpt 5
- 'He's a nihilist,' repeated Arkady.†
Chpt 5
- 'A nihilist,' said Nikolai Petrovitch.†
Chpt 5
- A nihilist is a man who does not bow down before any authority, who does not take any principle on faith, whatever reverence that principle may be enshrined in.'†
Chpt 5
- 'Nihilists,' Arkady said, speaking very distinctly.†
Chpt 5
- There used to be Hegelists, and now there are nihilists.†
Chpt 5
- 'Here is Sir Nihilist coming towards us,' he said in an undertone.†
Chpt 5
- 'You are certainly a nihilist, I see that,' thought Nikolai Petrovitch.†
Chpt 6
- Nikolai Petrovitch was rather afraid of the young 'nihilist,' and was doubtful whether his influence over Arkady was for the good; but he was glad to listen to him, and was glad to be present at his scientific and chemical experiments.†
Chpt 10
- 'It's that high and mighty gentleman, that nihilist, who's knocked all that into his head.†
Chpt 10
- Much use in nihilists!'†
Chpt 10
- 'And that is called nihilism?'†
Chpt 10 *
- 'And that's called nihilism,' Bazarov repeated again, this time with peculiar rudeness.†
Chpt 10
- 'Nihilism is to cure all our woes, and you, you are our heroes and saviours.†
Chpt 10
- And, to be sure, they were simply geese before, and now they have suddenly turned nihilists.'†
Chpt 10
- He was not a nihilist for nothing!†
Chpt 11
- Only on one occasion Pavel Petrovitch fell into a controversy with the nihilist on the subject of the question then much discussed of the rights of the nobles of the Baltic province; but suddenly he stopped of his own accord, remarking with chilly politeness, 'However, we cannot understand one another; I, at least, have not the honour of understanding you.'†
Chpt 23
Definition:
the belief that there is no universal truth or underlying reality that supports moral values, and that ultimately existence is meaningless