NIHILISM in a Sentence

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1. But the pipe only gurgled, et praeterea nihil.
2. The negation of the infinite leads straight to nihilism.
3. 'And that's called nihilism,' Bazarov repeated again, this time with peculiar rudeness.

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nihilism
 n.  rejection of all religious and moral principles;
Classic Sentence:
1  The negation of the infinite leads straight to nihilism.
Les Misérables 2 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 7: CHAPTER VI—THE ABSOLUTE GOODNESS OF PRAYER
2  With nihilism, no discussion is possible; for the nihilist logic doubts the existence of its interlocutor, and is not quite sure that it exists itself.
Les Misérables 2 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 7: CHAPTER VI—THE ABSOLUTE GOODNESS OF PRAYER
3  'And that's called nihilism,' Bazarov repeated again, this time with peculiar rudeness.
Fathers and Children By Ivan Turgenev
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER X
4  But the pipe only gurgled, et praeterea nihil.
Dead Souls By Nikolai Gogol
Context  Highlight   In PART 1: CHAPTER II
5  That's from the Latin, nihil, nothing, as far as I can judge; the word must mean a man who.
Fathers and Children By Ivan Turgenev
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER V
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