Nihilism
by Seraphim Rose, Eugene Rose · first published 1994
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Indeed, Fr. Seraphim Rose is a great modern example of this exact process. His essay on Nihilism is like reading the last few centuries in reverse order.
on “Self-control secrets of the Puritan masters” ↗…soul. You're having an Ecclesiastes moment. Therapists are secular pseudo-preists and can't solve a problem of meaning when they can only work within an a-teleological paradigm. I'd recommend the book "Nihilism, the Root of the Revolution of the Modern Age" by Fr. Seraphim Rose, an Eastern Orthodox convert who went on to co-found a monastery in California. There are pdfs and epubs available online, as well…
on “Tell HN: Turned 44 today and I'm lost” ↗…several books, including: - Man's Search for Meaning - Viktor Frankl - Miracles - C. S. Lewis - The Abolition of Man - C. S. Lewis [2] - Heretics - G. K. Chesterton - Orthodoxy - G. K. Chesterton - Nihilism - Seraphim Rose - The Experience of God - David Bentley Hart - The Critique of Pure Reason - Immanuel Kant I'm still technically somewhat agnostic and unaffiliated with any particular religious denomination,…
on “Wondering about the link between intelligence and meaning” ↗