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Nihilistic or Positive?

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Nihilistic or Positive?

Gottfried Benn

Martin
Apr 24, 2023
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From the Marginalia:

(On the situation of man today) Perhaps we would prefer to dispense with the word "nihilism." Indeed, nihilism has been a nearly content-less term for two decades. We have incorporated this term - to use another modern expression - we have absorbed and digested it. Modern man does not think nihilistically; he brings order into his…

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