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Originally Posted by Sethomas
Well, they're two fundamentally different things, it's just that when the general population looks at certain forms of existentialism they see its manifestations as appearing too much like nihilism.
In short:
Nihilism is the principle that human endeavor is void of purpose and is generally incapable of creating purpose.
Existentialism is a manner of thinking centered around the idea that life contains no intrinsic or immutable purpose, but the experience of life affords us the opportunity to invest in it any significance of our liking.
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Kulturkampf is a good example of nihilist.
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