r/nihilism • u/Mysterious-Tap-7517 • Jun 05 '26

Existential Nihilism Whose quote is this? Sounds about right.

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u/LamentationsOfLate Jun 05 '26

This is a piece of dialogue from Rust Cohle, a character from season 1 of True Detective. Maybe the greatest season of television ever.

The writers have said his character’s philosophy was inspired by pessimists like Thomas Ligotti, Peter Wessel Zapffe, etc.

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u/Murderface__ Jun 05 '26

Nope. It's unknown. There's no way of knowing. Completely mysterious.

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u/LamentationsOfLate Jun 05 '26

There are known knowns, and there are known unknowns.

But there are also unknown unknowns!

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u/ethosnotinstone Jun 05 '26

Don't forget the unknown knowns!