inspired by nietzsche on european nihilism...

And whence morality, science, truth-seeking, metaphysics, religion? Our natural need to justify evil; to give our lives the appearance of meaning. Why natural? Our instincts demand it. They demand the feeling that our self is growing, expanding, conquering, being. Why heed our instincts? A nonsensical question. What is instinct? The only given. Therefore, the only value worthy of contemplation. But, if instinct demands a justification for evil, then instinct demands morality, religion, metaphysics. Nature as its own enemy? A puzzle.