User talk:Postmodern Beatnik/Sandbox/Nihilism

Beatnik,

I think the phrase introducing nihilism as a value is a little confusing: "it would be more accurate to say that Nietzsche found a certain value in the coming of Nihilism" Is this sourced? We should avoid complicating things by introducing contradictory meanings of "value". Keystone to nihilism is existence of wrong values that are against nature, or the rejection of all values for being the mere product of (injustified) faith in reason. The subsequent introduction of other or new values is not really meant to be rational and rather leans towards metaphysics (absurdism?). Rokus01 10:29, 3 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

It is sourced. It comes from the Steven Michels article. However, the sentence does not introduce nihilism as a value. It says that Nietzsche found nihilism to be valuable. Perhaps I can change the wording to better reflect that. Postmodern Beatnik 16:39, 3 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I made another change. Your last edit was confusing, at least as far as English-syntax goes. I think the entire appositive phrase should go and I have edited accordingly. Postmodern Beatnik 16:48, 3 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]