Nothing Is True, Everything Is Permitted

Nothing Is True, Everything Is Permitted

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"Nothing is True, Everything is Permitted" is a memorable quote from the action video game series Assassin's Creed, in which it is presented as the maxim of an ancient group of assassins known as The Assassin Order.

Origin

The quote is derived from the 1938 novel Alamut by Vladimir Bartol, which tells a fictional account of Hassan-i Sabba, the leader of the Ismailis branch of Shia Islam and founder of the Hashashin order. In the novel, the maxim of the assassin group is written as "Nothing is an absolute reality, all is permitted." On November 13th, 2007, Assassin’s Creed was released for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 consoles by the video game publisher Ubisoft, in which the maxim of an ancient order of assassins is introduced as "Nothing is true, everything is permitted."



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On January 22nd, 2011, Urban Dictionary[2] user Al Muslimo submitted an entry for the quote, which cited the Assassin's Creed games as the origin. On February 15th, 2013, Redditor a photoshopped image of a student sleeping in a classroom with the caption "Student's Creed / Everything is Due, Nothing is Submitted" was submitted to the /r/funny[6] subreddit, where it gained over 2,200 votes and 60 comments prior to being archived (shown below).


STUDENT S EVERYTHING IS DUE, NoTHING IS SUBMITTED

On October 24th, Redditor MrQuicksilver posted an illustration with a quote about the maxim from the game Assassin's Creed Revelations to /r/gaming[5] (shown below). Before the post was archived, it received more than 1,400 votes (92% upvoted) and 65 comments.


TO SAY THAT NOTHING IS TRUE IS TO REALIZE THE FOUNDATIONS OF SOCIETY ARE FRAGIL AND THAT WE MUST BE THE SHEPHERDS OF OUR OWN CIVILIZATION. TO SAY THAT EVERYTHING IS PERMITTED IS TO UNDERSTAND THAT WE ARE THE ARCHITECTS OF OUR ACTIONS. AND THAT WE MUST LIVE WITH THEIR CONSEQUENCES WHETHER GLORIOUS OR TRAGIC EZIO AUDITORE DA FIRENZE 1459-1524

On May 1st, 2014, a Facebook[4] page titled "Nothing is true, everything is permitted" was launched. On July 2nd, Redditor EscoBlades submitted a post calling for a discussion about the meaning of the maxim to the /r/assassinscreed[5] subreddit. On March 20th, 2015, Ubisoft[3] tweeted a photograph of an Assassin's Creed fan illustration along with the quote, gathering upwards of 1,800 favorites and 1,100 retweets in the first week (shown below).


Ubisoft UBISOFT @Ubisoft Nothing is r. veryhing is prid #FanArtFriday pic via >> lawineee.tumblr.com || Assassin's Creed RETWEETSFAVORITES 1,1081,809 困例西西随ㄧ罵 12:53 PM 20 Mar 2015

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