{"product_id":"2940152076462","title":"Walking Up And Down On it: Collected Philosophical Works","description":"\u003cp\u003eAvailable for the first time anywhere, Emericus Durden's three essays on skeptical nihilism are collected in one volume.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOne’s experience of the entire transformation process from beginning to end – taking up the method of skeptical nihilism, seeing the practice through to its completion, afterwards stabilizing oneself in the new perspective beyond every possible form of human society and civilization – yes, one’s ultimate experience is that of triumph, triumph over oneself, triumph over civilization’s charming beliefs and efficient systems, triumph over democracy, capitalism, technology, empirical science, and religion.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor all that, the sense of triumph results from winning a painful, protracted war most certainly, a war waged against oneself, not against other people. Indeed, it’s about becoming victorious against oneself, if we can allow ourselves to imagine such a thing. And if we cannot yet imagine it, well, I don’t feel sorry for any of us because we are all in the same boat at first. That is to say, we are all born equal: equally stupid, equally ignorant of the higher realities, equally possessed by the obsessions of civilization – and therefore equally at odds with our true selves.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Emericus Durden","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47169776943344,"sku":"2940152076462","price":4.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940152076462_p0.jpg?v=1764018433","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940152076462","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}