Nihilism doesn't have a great reputation. It's associated with existential dread, immorality and Nazis. But writer and journalist Wendy Syfret says the philosophy can also lead to a happy, positive, ...

To the editor: I’m writing in response to the March 14 column titled “The new age of American nihilism.” An image of a painting of Friedrich Nietzsche accompanied the opinion. I was surprised to read ...

“Nihilism” comes from the Latin word nihil, or nothing, or “that which does not exist.” Nihilism can be defined as the belief that all values, and therefore institutions, are baseless. Consequently, ...