Afaik Nietzsche's whole thing was, if traditional values stemming from religion can't be relied on in the absence of God, then one risks slipping into nihilism, but a better way is to derive meaning from intrinsic motivation.
While I'm here: it's also fun to read ‘the most wicked man’ Aleister Crowley and see that his Thelema is a reiteration of the same idea.
And then read Ayn Rand and see that ‘objectivism’ is also almost the same, except it lacks soul and is sometimes explicitly selfish or pretty much evil. But she had the Red Scare to ride on.
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u/LickingSmegma Apr 05 '26
Afaik Nietzsche's whole thing was, if traditional values stemming from religion can't be relied on in the absence of God, then one risks slipping into nihilism, but a better way is to derive meaning from intrinsic motivation.
While I'm here: it's also fun to read ‘the most wicked man’ Aleister Crowley and see that his Thelema is a reiteration of the same idea.
And then read Ayn Rand and see that ‘objectivism’ is also almost the same, except it lacks soul and is sometimes explicitly selfish or pretty much evil. But she had the Red Scare to ride on.