What are the beliefs of modernism?

Table of Contents:

1. What are the beliefs of modernism?
2. What was Nietzsche IQ?
3. Can a nihilist have morals?
4. What is a nihilistic person?
5. Are Nihilists right?
6. Who proposed nihilism?

What are the beliefs of modernism?

Modernism was essentially based on a utopian vision of human life and society and a belief in progress, or moving forward. Modernist ideals pervaded art, architecture, literature, religious faith, philosophy, social organization, activities of daily life, and even the sciences.

What was Nietzsche IQ?

Nietzsche never had a formal IQ test. Given the quality of his thoughts and writings, the best one can say is that he's average or higher.

Can a nihilist have morals?

Nihilists assert that there are no moral values, principles, truths. A nihilist is not the same thing as a skeptic, because although a nihilist will agree with the skeptic -- that humans cannot have knowledge about moral realities, not all skeptics will agree with nihilists.

What is a nihilistic person?

Someone who is a nihilist is a believer of nihilism which literally means "nothingism." They believe in nothing, maintaining that life has no meaning and rejecting all moral and religious values as well as political and social institutions.

Are Nihilists right?

Nihilism is the “positive” stance that there is no such thing as right or wrong. (It is analogously similar to atheism's being the view that one does not believe in God, and not that it is impossible in this lifetime to know whether God exists or not.)

Who proposed nihilism?

Friedrich Nietzsche