" [...] I do want to argue that the "essence" of nihilism and modern radicalism generally lies not so much in the longing for a substantive goal but in the repeated rejection of all attained goals as limitations on human freedom. I thus emphasize the essentially negative and destructive character of modern radicalism. [Another author has pointed] to the longing for a perfected way of life [as the origin of nihilism]; I try to show through an analysis of this longing itself why it can never be satisfied with any finite solution and therefore necessarily rejects every goal that it itself establishes; why, in other words, modern radical thought, whether in Nietzsche or the Russian nihilists, necessarily worships a dark god of negation."
From p. xxiii of Nihilism Before Nietzsche by Michael Allen Gillespie.
I thought this quote interesting, when I found it, given my posts on The Void and voiding.
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