@spookyh8r His project is not refuting nihilism in the sense of a rational argument of why it is incorrect. He attempts to smash the old values which he believes begets nihilism and erect new ones which create a healthier, happier, greater mankind.
I first read Beyond Good and Evil at 15 and it unironically saved my life. Many of the finer points of the book went over my head of course, but nonetheless it lit a small fire inside of me that had been absent my whole life and gave me reprieve in that very black time.
@spookyh8r@lemurdaze Nor is the past necessarily more culturally conservative, prostitution was far more widespread in Early Modern Europe than it is today for example.
Proverbs 5:18-19
Let thy fountain be blessed: and rejoice with the wife of thy youth.
Let her be as the loving hind and pleasant roe; let her breasts satisfy thee at all times; and be thou ravished always with her love.