But the World Itself Is Only a Speck of Dust
‘But the world itself is only a speck of dust. And man is tiny — helpless!
Source: 1984 by George Orwell
Intellectual Reference Point Restoration
Topic: “Nihilism”
🔎 Lexicon containing “Nihilism”
Definitions and explanations of key terms used throughout the site.
Nihilism
The belief that life lacks inherent meaning, value, or purpose.
📖 Excerpts Library
A Lonely Speck in the Great Enveloping Cosmic Dark
Our posturings, our imagined self-importance, the delusion that we have some privileged position in the Universe, are challenged by this point of pale light. Our planet is a lonely speck in the great enveloping cosmic dark. In our obscurity, in...
Source: Pale Blue Dot by Carl Sagan
Earth Is But a Tiny Speck Whirling Around Our Sun
Thus, we can begin to think of the immense universe in which our green mantled earth is but a tiny speck whirling around our sun, one of the many stars that range throughout space-time.
Source: Nature and Human Nature by Lawrence K. Frank
🎼 Song Excerpts
Taking That Ride to Nowhere
We're on a ride to nowhere, come on inside - Taking that ride to nowhere, we'll take that ride
Look at That Low Plane, Fine, Then
Look at that low plane, fine, then
📚 Books Cited containing “Nihilism”
🧵 Narrative Threads containing “Nihilism”
Absolutely Still and I Can’t Wait One Minute More
The world is spinning, turning day to night, and my thoughts are running at the speed of light.
High Time We Made a Stand
Read it in the books, in the crannies and the nooks, there are books to read.