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the philosophy that nothing matters, argued with suspicious passion by people who clearly care a lot
origin wordFrom Latin nihil, meaning nothing at all
turgenevPopularized the term in his 1862 novel
nietzsche's warningCalled it the uncanniest guest at Europe's door
self-defeatingClaiming nothing is true is itself a truth claim
russian rootsInspired actual revolutionaries, not just gloomy teenagers