Overall, nihilists may be thinking the right things, such as viewing existence as pain, but it cannot paint the whole picture and it’s certainly not the endpoint. Here’s how it happened: Peterson expresses clearly that life is suffering, but this pain isn’t without purpose, and is essential to complete the passage from “chaos” to “order”. Everyone was a nihilist, or had nihilistic thoughts, once in their lifetime, but having read this book (hopefully) erased all trace of this useless ideology from my thought system and initially my brain. I mean, how boring and ignorant it is to run away from all responsibility and distress in life by labeling it all as “pointless” and therefore indirectly agonizing our own existence and human experience. I, personally, enjoyed very much the parts where he criticisized nihilism and poked holes in it’s core belief. Throughout the book, this portrayal gets deeper and takes on dimension as the rules are laid out. First of all, Peterson’s portrayal of Being, as in the state of existing, is something worth spending time to think on. I’d like to elaborate more on the ideas and explanations that I found to be enlightening and thought-provoking without giving you any spoilers(?) since I strongly advise you to read this book.
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