Philosophy

My Maria Katsounaki

Let?s assume that all those voices supporting the theory that this is the beginning of similar events across Europe are correct. Let?s assume that nihilism, an element shared by both Islamism and Nazism, is gaining ground against a dangerously shrinking European Enlightenment.

My first article appeared in Hürriyet on Oct. 23, 2010, with the headline; “Do we have any other choice but to be optimistic?”

What is being reflected in this sentence is my essential conviction in life.

Obviously all of us get into the downward spiral of pessimism, but this feeling cannot go on for a long time; its continuation is not healthy.

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