ONLINE: "Nietzsche and Nihilism"

This is the Monday night meeting for Orlando Stoics. It's online.

Nihilism is the philosophical view that life is not meaningful and without purpose. Similarly, moral nihilists believe that life has no morality, and morals are just an abstract concept. These views are part of the Postmodernity epoch (arrived after 1930), and the German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche (1844-1900) developed the idea that our high expectations of the world can lead us to a Nihilistic view. He’s also famous for creating the “Übermensch” character and the phase “God is dead”. His works can’t be summarized easily, so we’ll bring it to a full discussion this week.

READING MATERIAL

Video on Nihilism (14 minutes)
https://youtu.be/0Ajv-RrQs4o

Nietzsche’s view on Nihilism https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nihilism#Nietzsche

TIMEZONES

Meeting time (USA):
7:00PM Eastern
6:00PM Central
5:00PM Mountain
4:00PM Pacific

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ZOOM LINK

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Our group enjoys open-minded, respectful conversations on Stoicism and how it relates to science, culture, philosophy, other belief systems, and even pop culture (books and movies). Sometimes "we agree to disagree", but the long-term goal is to improve our minds via group discussions.

In general, Stoicism teaches us how to handle difficult people and events, how to avoid anger and worry, and overall to use moderation in all aspects of our lives.

This meeting is free and open to the public.