Filosofi Nihilism: Tidak Ada Yang Berarti Dalam Kehidupan

0:01 What do we exist in this world for? What are we here for? What is our goal? Is there some kind of transcendent objective reason why we are here? Most of us are probably in school or college, after which we might decide to apply for a job, work, find a partner, get married, have children if we are lucky, and then enjoy retirement, if retirement is indeed prepared. And we might die before all that happens.

0:51 Is life just about survival? Is life just about waiting to die? Is life just about fulfilling biological needs while waiting to die? If we ask who our grandfather's father is, most people don't know him. Everything is forgotten, it is very difficult to live and be remembered by the generations that come after. And even though we are very fortunate to have been able to make a big impact on the world, and we can be remembered by others. We don't feel the feeling we get when others remember us. If we don't know how we got here, or where we came from, how do we know why we are here? If we don't know where we are going, or what we are going to be, how do we know if what we are doing now has any significance to the life we ​​have?

1:40 If we don't know why we are here, if we don't know where we are going and what kind of person we are going to be, how do we know that our present actions have any significance to our future? All these existential questions have actually been answered long ago by thinkers. From here emerged various beliefs, religions, concepts and others. all the complicated concepts that have been created since long ago can be destroyed with that one word. Which leads us to the conclusion that in various religions, God created the entire universe, placed us in it, and whatever we do in this world will determine how our life will be in the afterlife. For some people, the

2:26 meaning of life is when they can spend their life with the closest people they have, friends, family, and the people they love. Many people also say that the fact that we are alive is what makes life worth living. All actions, suffering, good and bad, all are meaningless. Religion, love, life, all are meaningless. This is Nihilism, the belief in nothingness. At one point in our lives, we will definitely feel this nihilistic thinking, we feel like we have no purpose. Feeling that our life has no meaning. Usually this begins to show when we question what we have believed in so far.

3:11 As far as we can see, we become a creature in a mysterious reality for a short time, we do whatever we want to do, feel whatever we want to feel, until we die. This feeling is where we start to grow out of the values ​​held by our parents, start to learn new things, have new experiences, and form our own values about how we see the world. all these questions start when we start asking, why. Why do you believe that? Where does it come from? Why and why not? Continuing to ask questions will bring us to a point where we no longer have answers. Animals and plants seem to be calm hearing this,

3:57 they come into the world and do what they do eat, reproduce, survive, and then die without asking anything. We are both fortunate and cursed at the same time for having a superior brain, which makes us dare to ask questions that can make us fall into a hole of emptiness. We simply cannot be satisfied with the existing system without further explanation. We want to know everything about this life, “Why are we here?”, “What should we do?”, “What is the purpose of all this?”, at this point they come to the conclusion that there is no such thing as “why?”, there is nothingness, there is nothing.

4:58 Nihilism is the idea that there is no grand design or purpose. Nothing is believed and nothing matters. In nihilism, there are many divisions, such as political nihilism, ethical nihilism, aesthetic nihilism, and in this video we will focus on existential nihilism, the knowledge that life has no purpose or meaning. Kierkagaard, although he never said the word nihilism directly, he explained the same concept under the name leveling. He said that when one reaches leveling, individuality and uniqueness become non-existent. Uniqueness gives us meaning, value and fulfillment, and when everything is equal or the same, there is no meaning. While he argues that leveling can teach us a certain degree of learning,

5:43 he also argues that it can lead us into meaninglessness. Nietzsche, expressed the concept of perspectivism, namely the knowledge that the apple is red comes from our own perception, and may be different from the eyes of others, the red apple that I see is not necessarily the same as the red apple that you see, let alone what a horse or cat sees, there is no objective truth that the apple is indeed red. All knowledge is tied to perspective. According to Nietzsche, this will all lead us to Nihilism. This explanation is the same as the absurd concept owned by Albert Camus, namely Nietzsche proposed two forms of nihilism,

6:38 Nietzsche did not like this because it only ended something without replacing it with something new Nietzsche actually offered Active nihilism We may not be able to return to science because it will only evade the question and give more questions. We may not be able to return to philosophy, because that would only raise more questions or frame them in a more complicated form. And the only thing we can possibly do to stay sane in this world is to believe enough. Believe enough that perhaps our lives here have meaning even though there is no evidence to explain it. Belief, although irrational, is sufficient to provide answers to questions about life,

7:25 and makes life possible to live. Is it really necessary to seek an eternal, objective goal for everyone? Or is it that we should only seek for ourselves? For yourself and the situation you face? In a world without meaning, can we still create meaning for ourselves? Nietzsche outlined the idea of ​​the Ubermensh, or Overen. A person who has mastered himself, creates himself, and he is not constrained by rules created by others, but creates them himself. By doing so, he not only conquers nihilism but also protects himself from the brainwashing offered by various movements, ideals, or beliefs. According to Nietzsche,

8:11 we must first confront nihilism before moving forward. Nihilism provides the true logical conclusion of the values and ideals we have, feeling nihilism is important to find out the value a value has. Because destroying your house doesn't mean making you homeless, because it could be an opportunity for you to build a better and bigger house. If nothing matters, why should we do anything? What is there to consider important if everything is meaningless? Actually, if you think about it, a universe that has no objective truth isn't really a bad thing. But it's other people's attitudes that make it a problem. Many people become depressed when faced with the meaninglessness of their lives, many become depressed when they realize that

8:57 everything they do is completely useless. Sadness, pessimism, hopelessness dominate their minds. Does the nihility of life really have to be resolved? Why should life have meaning? Isn't life worth living even if it has no meaning? Why don't we throw all that burden off our shoulders and stop asking such existential questions? Nihilism doesn't actually have to be negative. Because in contrast, we are given the freedom to not take things so seriously. Emil Cioran once said: The

10:01 fact that nothing matters makes meaningless meaningless. And it shouldn't make our lives more miserable, because really, nothing has changed from before. According to Camus, the nothingness of life is not a reason to despair, but to keep living. By maximizing the quantity and variety of life experiences one has. The absurd individual lives life to the full, knowing full well that everything ends in nothingness. For Camus, having this mindset means being free, having no fixed direction, no responsibilities and no goals. There is only life in the present.