Full Idea
There is no such thing as nothing.
Gist of Idea
There is no such thing as nothing
Source
Parmenides (fragments/reports [c.474 BCE], B06), quoted by Simplicius - On Aristotle's 'Physics' 9.86.27-
Book Reference
'The First Philosophers', ed/tr. Waterfield,Robin [OUP 2000], p.58
A Reaction
See Meinong on this. It is not an empty concept, because things can be predicated of nothing, such as weighing less than an apple. CF. the role of zero in arithmetic.