Nihilism before Nietzsche.(Review) From: The Review of Metaphysics | Date: September 1, 2000| Author: McCarthy, John C. | COPYRIGHT 2000 Philosophy Education Society, Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

GILLESPIE, Michael Allen. Nihilism before Nietzsche. Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 1996. xxiv + 311 pp. Cloth, $32.00, paper, $22.00--There is something rather comical about the nihilist, who makes such a passionate ado about precisely nothing. This is not to deny the tragic consequences, in Russia and elsewhere, of the nihilist's revolutionary fury. It is only to suggest that, despite what he may say about himself, the nihilist himself is no more animated by "the tragi...

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