Re: MD Language

From: Scott Roberts (jse885@earthlink.net)
Date: Sat Jan 08 2005 - 04:50:55 GMT

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    Chris, Marsha,

    Well, I'm not so sure (that there is no Eastern equivalent of 'nihilism').
    In Huntington's "The Emptiness of Emptiness" he discusses the Madhyamika's
    rejection of nihilism, by which he is referring to the Sanskrit word
    'ucchedavada'. I'm no Sanskrit scholar, so I don't know how well the
    English 'nihilism' relates. It is generally taken to mean a denial that
    anything exists, or that anything is knowable, or that anything is
    valuable. At any rate, Indian philosophy was aware 2000 years ago of a
    philosophical position we would call nihilism.

    - Scott

    > [Original Message]
    > From: Chris Vlaar <c.c.vlaar@gmail.com>
    > To: <moq_discuss@moq.org>
    > Date: 1/6/2005 9:18:58 AM
    > Subject: Re: MD Language
    >
    > Hi Marsha,
    >
    > there is no equivalent for Nihilism in any Eastern language by my
    > knowledge, Nihilism is a European, Western 'phenomena'; 'nihilism' in
    > a Nietzschean sense is the devaluation, the collapse of all values,
    > that is the 'Christian morality'(values) and the Greek heritage of the
    > search for truth. 'If God is dead, everything is permitted'
    > regards,
    > Chris
    >
    >
    > On Thu, 06 Jan 2005 06:55:44 -0500, MarshaV <marshalz@i-2000.com> wrote:
    > >
    > > Anyone,
    > >
    > > In either the Chinese or Japanese language is there a word that is
    > > equivalent to our English word 'nihilism'. If the answer is yes, how
    old
    > > is that word? Anybody know?
    > >
    > > Marsha
    > >
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