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Single Idea 1503
[filed under theme 7. Existence / A. Nature of Existence / 3. Being / d. Non-being
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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 Ref
'The First Philosophers', ed/tr. Waterfield,Robin [OUP 2000], p.58
The
13 ideas
with the same theme
[non-being as the concept contrasting with being]:
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445
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The realm of necessary non-existence cannot be explored, because it is unknowable
[Parmenides]
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1503
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There is no such thing as nothing
[Parmenides]
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18933
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Not-Being obviously doesn't exist, and the five modes of Being are all impossible
[Gorgias, by Diog. Laertius]
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20902
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Being does not exist more than non-being
[Democritus, by Aristotle]
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20904
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The non-existent exists as much as the existent, because it has causal powers
[Democritus]
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11278
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What does 'that which is not' refer to?
[Plato]
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24029
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Among the simples are the graspable negations, such as rest and instants
[Descartes]
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21762
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To grasp an existence, we must consider its non-existence
[Hegel, by Houlgate]
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21977
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Nothing exists, as thinkable and expressible
[Hegel]
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22919
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A thing which makes no difference seems unlikely to exist
[Le Poidevin]
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14393
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The totality state is the most plausible truthmaker for negative existential truths
[Merricks]
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23538
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Nothingness only exists in consciousness
[Berardi]
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12408
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Sartre to Waitress: Coffee with no cream, please...
[Sommers,W]
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