Nihilist

The celebrated novelist, Turgeneif, long the idol of the young generation, had inadvertently in "Fathers and Children" invented the term Nihilist, and it at once came to be applied as an opprobrious epithet, notwithstanding the efforts of Pissaref, a popular writer of remarkable talent, to prove to the public that it ought to be regarded as a term of honour.

Russia Donald Mackenzie Wallace 1880

For the greatness of this book lies not in the use of the word Nihilist, nor in the reproduction of ephemeral political movements; its greatness consists in the fact that it faithfully portrays not merely the Russian character, nor the nineteenth century, but the very depths of the human heart as it has manifested itself in all ages and among all nations.

Essays on Russian Novelists William Lyon Phelps 1904

Gorgias was called the Nihilist because of his doctrine "nothing exists: even if anything existed, we could know nothing about it, and, even if we knew anything about anything, we could not communicate our knowledge".

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 14: Simony-Tournon 1840-1916 1913

Or, as Turgenieff phrased it in one of his novels: "a Nihilist is a man who submits to no authority, who accepts not a single principle upon faith merely, however high such a principle may stand in the eyes of men."

The Development of the European Nations, 1870-1914 (5th ed.) John Holland Rose 1898

It forbids them -- and the Nihilist is the Ishmael of the nineteenth century.

A Short History of Russia Mary Platt Parmele 1877

"Nihilist," Arkady said, speaking very distinctly.

The World's Greatest Books — Volume 08 — Fiction Various 1910

Her 'Nihilist' was no indication of a rebellious spirit; some friend had happened to suggest that a certain female model, a Russian, would do very well for such a character, and the hint was tolerably well carried out -- nothing more.

Born in Exile George Gissing 1880

It was Turguenief who first applied the ancient term "Nihilist" to a certain class of radical thinkers in Russia, whose theory of society, like that of the eighteenth-century philosophers in France, was based upon a negation of the principle of authority.

A Short History of Russia Mary Platt Parmele 1877

'Gestern starb ich schon heute' and a bonus track 'the 11th hour ...' sung by 'Nihilist' from

Metal Underground.com 2010

Nihilist, obstructionist behavior and foot stamping.

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