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Everything is permitted (n.) gives ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠way, in Nietzsche's profounder logic, to its reverse: Karamazov's 'if nothing is true, everything is permitted' becomes 'if nothing is true, nothing is permitted.'

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Everything is permitted (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠not an outburst of relief or joy but a bitter acknowledgment of a fact; it does not mean that nothing is forbidden.

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Everything is permitted (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠where the history of contemporary nihilism really begins; the romantics only said everything was not permitted but insolently did the forbidden.