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Introduction: Encounters
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The initial encounter with nihilism is commonly experienced as dreadful and debasing. It announces itself as a threat to our highest ideals, evaporating our confidence in the valued and cherished ‘truths’ upon which we previously grounded our sense of self, world and purpose. With this crisis we find ourselves suddenly at sea, adrift in the blackness of an unfamiliar, threatening and mysterious domain where nothing is certain, nothing possesses meaning, and the world seems unreal. The guideposts that we previously relied upon and had faith in can no longer be trusted, and we are lost....
Title: Introduction: Encounters
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The initial encounter with nihilism is commonly experienced as dreadful and debasing.
It announces itself as a threat to our highest ideals, evaporating our confidence in the valued and cherished ‘truths’ upon which we previously grounded our sense of self, world and purpose.
With this crisis we find ourselves suddenly at sea, adrift in the blackness of an unfamiliar, threatening and mysterious domain where nothing is certain, nothing possesses meaning, and the world seems unreal.
The guideposts that we previously relied upon and had faith in can no longer be trusted, and we are lost.
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