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Full Idea
Consciousness is the only place where nothingness exists.
Gist of Idea
Nothingness only exists in consciousness
Source
Franco 'Bifo' Berardi (The Second Coming [2019], II 'Expanding')
Book Ref
Berardi,Franco 'Bifo': 'The Second Coming' [polity 2019], p.49
A Reaction
Not sure about this, but an interesting remark from someone with a Hegelian background. We certainly have a concept of nothingness (a mental file of it, even).
| 23532 | The delusion of free will brings a sense of guilt [Berardi] |
| 23531 | Philosophers should interpret the world, by expressing its possibilities [Berardi] |
| 23537 | American white men trusted the philosophy of winning, and then discovered losing [Berardi] |
| 23536 | Community is now a nostalgic memory, which no longer exists [Berardi] |
| 23534 | Communism failed to unite western workers with the oppressed of the south [Berardi] |
| 23535 | Western workers turn to nationalism, to avert the effects of globalisation [Berardi] |
| 23533 | The economy has replaced medieval theocracy at the centre of our society [Berardi] |
| 23538 | Nothingness only exists in consciousness [Berardi] |