Single Idea 23717

[catalogued under 23. Ethics / F. Existentialism / 2. Nihilism]

Full Idea

The sight of man now makes us tired - what is nihilism today if it is not that? …We are tired of man…

Gist of Idea

Modern nihilism is now feeling tired of mankind

Source

Friedrich Nietzsche (On the Genealogy of Morals [1887], I.§12)

Book Reference

Nietzsche,Friedrich: 'On the Genealogy of Morals', ed/tr. Diethe, Carol [CUP 1997], p.25


A Reaction

That is close to Hume's nihilist, who would destroy the world to protect his own finger from a scratch. The actor George Sanders committed suicide because he was bored. Don't ever think that Nietzsche was a nihilist, just because he mentions it a lot!